John Burningham (1936–2019)
Författare till Mr. Gumpy's Outing
Om författaren
John Burningham was born in Farnham, United Kingdom on April 27, 1936. After two and a half years of non-military service as a conscientious objector, he graduated from Central School of Art with distinction in 1959. Before becoming a children's author and illustrator, he made puppets for Yoram visa mer Gross's animation film Joseph the Dreamer and was commissioned to produce a number of posters for London Transport. Burningham's first picture book, Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers, was published in 1963 and won the Kate Greenaway Medal. His other books included Humbert, Avocado Baby, Oi! Get Off Our Train, Courtney, Harvey Slumfenburger's Christmas Present, Come Away from the Water, Shirley, England, Cloudland, France, and There's Going to Be a Baby written with his wife and fellow illustrator Helen Oxenbury. He also illustrated Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1964 and Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows in 1983. He received the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1970 for Mr. Gumpy's Outing, the Kurt Maschler award in 1984 for Granpa, and the Booktrust lifetime achievement award in 2018 with Oxenbury. Burningham died on January 4, 2019 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Foto taget av: Husband and wife John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury.
Serier
Verk av John Burningham
Vai Chegar Um Bebé 2 exemplar
Cadê o Júlio? 2 exemplar
Hora de Sair da Banheira, Shirley! 1 exemplar
hupen klappen. 1 exemplar
La Neige 1 exemplar
L'Ecole 1 exemplar
Le Bébé 1 exemplar
Hora de sair da banheira, Shirley ! 1 exemplar
Heel/stuk 1 exemplar
A Prenda de Natal do Henrique Semprespera 1 exemplar
john burningham 1 exemplar
Would you rather 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Burningham, John
- Födelsedag
- 1936-04-27
- Avled
- 2019-01-04
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Engeland
UK - Födelseort
- Farnham, Surrey, England, UK
- Dödsort
- London, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- North London, England, UK
- Utbildning
- Summerhill School, Leiston, Suffolk, England, UK
Central School of Art - Yrken
- children's book author
illustrator - Relationer
- Oxenbury, Helen (echtg.)
- Organisationer
- Friends' Ambulance Unit
- Priser och utmärkelser
- BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award (joint|2018)
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Listor
Five in a Row (1)
Reading Rainbow (1)
Priser
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Associerade författare
Statistik
- Verk
- 106
- Även av
- 4
- Medlemmar
- 6,833
- Popularitet
- #3,576
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 244
- ISBN
- 574
- Språk
- 15
- Favoritmärkt
- 2
Warning - one page with bathtub scene revealing little boys privates.
Illustrations do not portray the father of children being present. Could be a great a talking point for dads in the military or who travel for work.