Shirley Hughes
English illustrator and author (1927–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Winifred Shirley Hughes CBE (16 July 1927 – 25 February 2022) was an English author and illustrator. She wrote more than fifty books, which have sold more than 11.5 million copies, and illustrated more than two hundred.[1][2][3][4]
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Shirley Hughes | |
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Born | Winifred Shirley Hughes (1927-07-16)16 July 1927 West Kirby, England |
Died | 25 February 2022(2022-02-25) (aged 94) London, England |
Occupation | Illustrator, writer |
Period | 1960–2022 |
Genre | Children's literature, picture books |
Notable works |
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Notable awards | Kate Greenaway Medal 1977, 2003 |
Spouse |
John Vulliamy
(m. 1952; died 2002) |
Children | 3 |
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Hughes won the 1977 and 2003 Kate Greenaway Medals for British children's book illustration.[4][5][6] In 2007, her 1977 winner, Dogger, was named the public's favourite winning work of the award's first fifty years.[7][8] She won the inaugural BookTrust lifetime achievement award in 2015.[9] She was a recipient of the Eleanor Farjeon Award. She was a patron of the Association of Illustrators.[10]