Simms Taback (1932–2011)
Forfatter af There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Om forfatteren
Simms Taback was born on February 13, 1932 in New York City. Before serving two years in the Army, he graduated from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1953. He worked as an art director at CBS Records and The New York Times and as an advertising art director at William Douglas vis mere McAdams. He designed and illustrated the first McDonald's Happy Meal box in the 1970s. During his lifetime, he was the illustrator and occasional author of about 50 children's books including There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, which won the Caldecott Medal in 2000, and Postcards from Camp. He died of pancreatic cancer on December 25, 2011 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Associated Works
Please share that peanut!: A preposterous pageant in fourteen acts, concerned with the exquisite joys and extraordinary… (1965) — Illustrator — 8 eksemplarer
Games, puzzles, and toys step-by-step science activity projects from the Smithsonian Institution (1993) — Illustrator — 3 eksemplarer
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- Fødselsdato
- 1932-02-13
- Dødsdag
- 2011-12-25
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Dødssted
- Ventura, California, USA
- Bopæl
- New York, New York, USA
Ventura, California, USA
Willows, New York, USA
Florida, USA
Woodstock, New York, USA - Uddannelse
- Cooper Union (1953)
- Erhverv
- illustrator
author
graphic artist - Relationer
- Ruffins, Reynold (partner)
- Organisationer
- Illustrators Guild (co-founder)
Society of Illustrators
Graphic Artists Guild (National President) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Caldecott Medal
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- 156
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- 4
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