Jagdish Joshi

Jagdish Joshi (born 1937-2016) is an Indian children's book illustrator.[1][2] Born 1937, he studied fine arts at the Indian College Of Arts And Draftsmanship, Dum Dum, Kolkata and later worked for the Hindustan Times and Children's Book Trust.[3] He also illustrated several books for the National Book Trust, and remained "one of most sought after" illustrators in children's literature in India, through the 1990s.[4]

This article is about an Indian children's book illustrator. For Gujarati poet, see Jagdish Joshi (poet).

In 1998, he was a nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, sometimes known as the "Nobel Prize for children's literature", is an international award given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children's literature".[5][6]

Work

As Illustrator

References
  1. Khorana, Meena (1991). The Indian subcontinent in literature for children and young adults. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 160. ISBN 0313254893.
  2. Peter Hunt (2004). International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Routledge. p. 800. ISBN 0203168127.
  3. Zipes, Jack David (2006). The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature. Oxford University Press. p. 337. ISBN 0195146565.
  4. Amit Dasgupta; Indian Council for Cultural Relations (1995). Telling tales: children's literature in India. Taylor & Francis. p. 72. ISBN 812240748X.
  5. H.W. Wilson Company (1999). Library literature & information science. H.W. Wilson Co. p. 148.
  6. "2005 India". www.ibby.org. International Board on Books For Young People. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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