Evaline Ness
American illustrator and writer (1911–1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Evaline Ness (April 24, 1911 – August 12, 1986)[1] was an American commercial artist, illustrator, and author of children's books. She illustrated more than thirty books for young readers and wrote several of her own.[2] She used a great variety of artistic media and methods.[1][3][4]
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Born | Evaline Michelow (1911-04-24)April 24, 1911 Union City, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | August 12, 1986(1986-08-12) (aged 75) Kingston, New York, U.S. |
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Notable awards | Caldecott Medal 1967 |
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As an illustrator of picture books she was one of three Caldecott Medal runners-up each year from 1964 to 1966 and she won the 1967 Medal for Sam, Bangs and Moonshine, which she also wrote.[5] In 1972 she was the U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's illustrators.[6]