Anthony Browne
1946
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
native language: English
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Leeds Arts University
occupation: writer, illustrator, children's writer, drawer, artist, graphic designer
award received: Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration, Kate Greenaway Medal
Anthony Edward Tudor Browne (born 11 September 1946) is a British writer and illustrator of children's books, primarily picture books. Browne has written or illustrated over fifty books, and received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2000. From 2009 to 2011 he was Children's Laureate.Browne won two Kate Greenaway Medals from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named his 1983 medalist Gorilla one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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