David Macaulay Writer

David Macaulay (born December 2, 1946) is a British-born American illustrator and writer. His most famous works include Cathedral (1973), The Way Things Work (1988) and The New Way Things Work (1998). His illustrations have been featured in popular, nonfiction books combining text and illustrations explaining architecture, design and engineering. He was a 2006 recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Program award and also a recipient of the Caldecott Medal in 1991 for Black and White (1990).

Personal facts

David Macaulay
Birth dateDecember 02, 1946
Birth place
England , Lancashire
Nationality
Americans

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Writer

award
American Institute of Architects
Christopher Award
Caldecott Medal
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
MacArthur Fellows Program
genre
Picture book
notable work
Black and White (book)
The Way Things Work
Cathedral (book)
The Way We Work

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David Macaulay on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/absolutenm/templates/ArtTempNews.aspx?articleid=523&zoneid=90
  2. http://www.dixon.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3
  3. http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/hmh/site/hmhbooks/authordetails?authorName=David%20Macaulay
  4. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/credits.html
  5. http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/215
  6. http://www.thencbla.org/biopages/biomacaulay.html
  7. http://www.thencbla.org/boardinterviews/macaulayinterview.html