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Quentin Blake
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English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer (born 1932)
Person · Open Library
- 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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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 18
- Total plays
- 93
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,302x
- Social Identity Theory and the Organization
· 1989 · cited 31,503x
- Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,169x
- Fine Structure Constant Defines Visual Transparency of Graphene
· 2008 · cited 8,227x
- Detection of individual gas molecules adsorbed on graphene
· 2007 · cited 7,412x
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Key facts
- Born
- Quentin Saxby Blake , ( 1932-12-16 ) 16 December 1932 (age 93) , Sidcup , Kent , England
- Education
- Downing College, Cambridge Chelsea School of Art
- Known for
- Illustration
- Awards
- Kate Greenaway Medal , 1980 , Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration , 2002
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.quentinblake.com
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- date of birth
- 1932-12-16
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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.
Early life