Marcia Brown | |
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Born | Marcia Joan Brown July 13, 1918 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Died | April 18, 2015 Laguna Hills, California, U.S. | (aged 96)
Occupation | Writer, Illustrator |
Genre | Children's literature |
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Marcia Joan Brown (July 13, 1918 – April 28, 2015) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books.[1] She won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, six Caldecott Medal honors as an illustrator, recognizing the year's best U.S. picture book illustration,[2] and the ALA's Children's Literature Legacy Award in 1992 for her career contribution to children's literature.[3] This total of nine books with awards and honors is more than any other Caldecott-nominated illustrator.[4] Many of her titles have been published in translation, including Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Xhosa-Bantu editions. Brown is known as one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature.
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