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Quentin Blake
Also known as Sir Quentin Saxby Blake
English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer (born 1932)
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- Born
- 16 December 1932
- Works
- 181
Top works
- Winter Sleepwalker and Other Stories
- 1 2 3
- Na gamail
- Quentin Blakes A Christmas Carol
- Nonsense Verse, The Penguin Book of
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Sir Quentin Saxby Blake (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator, Blake won the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. From 1999 to 2001, he was the inaugural British Children's Laureate. Blake is a patron of the Association of Illustrators.
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