Barbara Cooney
| Barbara Cooney | |
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| Born |
August 6, 1917 Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Died | March 10, 2000 (aged 82) Damariscotta, Maine, USA |
| Occupation | Artist/illustrator, writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1940–1999 |
| Genre | Children's picture books; fiction, poetry, |
| Notable works |
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| Notable awards |
Caldecott Medal 1959, 1980 National Book Award 1983 |
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Barbara Cooney (August 6, 1917 – March 10, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books, published over sixty years. She won two Caldecott Medals, which are awarded to the year's best-illustrated U.S. picture book, and a National Book Award. Her books have been translated into 10 languages.
For her contribution as a children's illustrator, Cooney was the U.S. nominee in 1994 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books.
Cooney was born on 6 August 1917 in Room 1127 of the Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn, New York, to Russell Schenck Cooney (a stockbroker) and his wife Mae Evelyn Bossert (a painter). She had a twin brother and two younger brothers. Her family moved to Connecticut, where she attended Buckley Country Day School and later Boarding School. She started drawing and painting early in life, and was encouraged by her mother but allowed to learn independently.
Cooney graduated from Smith College with a history degree, but continued working at art, taking classes on etching and lithography at the Art Students League of New York. She began to make connections in the publishing world. Her first professional illustration was for Ake and His World by the Swedish poet Bertil Malmberg, which was published in 1940, a year after she graduated.
During World War II, Cooney served in the Women’s Army Corps. Soon after her service, she met and married Guy Murchie(Jr) in 1944. They had two children, Gretel and Barnaby. She later divorced. In July 1949 she married Charles Talbot Porter; they had two children together: Phoebe and Charlie Porter.
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