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Leo Lionni

(1910-1999)
Dutch-Italian artist and children's writer
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Leo Lionni (May 5, 1910 – October 11, 1999) was an Italian-American author and illustrator of children's books. Born in the Netherlands, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art director for several advertising agencies, and then for Fortune magazine. He returned to Italy in 1962 and started writing and illustrating children's books. In 1962, his book Inch by Inch was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.

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Born Leo Lionni
5 May 1910
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died
11 October 1999 (aged 89)
Tuscany, Italy
Zodiac Taurus
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