Anthony Browne
Author
1946 –
Who is Anthony Browne?
Anthony Edward Tudor Browne is a British author and illustrator of children's books with nearly forty titles to his name. For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator he won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2000, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. 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, 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.
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- Born
- Sep 11, 1946
Sheffield - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Leeds College of Art and Design
- Lived in
- Sheffield
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on July 23, 2013
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