Jan Pieńkowski Writer

Jan Michał Pieńkowski (born 8 August 1936) is a Polish-born British author of children's books—as illustrator, as writer, and as designer of movable books. He has also designed for the theatre. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was UK nominee in 1982 and again in 2008 for the biennial, international Christian Andersen'>Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books.WorldCat reports that Pieńkowski's work most widely held in participating libraries is Christmas, the King James Version (1984; US ISBN 0394869230), a 24-page picture book that "[u]ses the words of the Gospels of Luke and Matthew to present the story of the birth of Jesus."

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Pieńkowski Jan Michel
Birth dateAugust 08, 1936
Birth nameJan Michał Pieńkowski
Birth place
Poland , Warsaw
Nationality
British people

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Meg and Mog
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Jan Pieńkowski on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://janpienkowski.com/home.htm
  2. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fccb0e4c-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
  3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/dec/22/pienkowski-nutcracker-illustrations-meg-mog
  4. http://www.janpienkowski.com/about-jan/jansname.mp3