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Lionni, Leo, 1910-1999

LC control no.n 79007330
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3562.I567
PZ7.L6634 Juvenile fiction, English
Personal name headingLionni, Leo, 1910-1999
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Birth date1910
Death date1999-10-11
Place of birthNetherlands
Place of deathRadda in Chianti (Italy)
Profession or occupationGraphic designer Creator of children's books
Found inHis Little blue and little yellow, c1959.
N.Y. times, Oct. 17, 1999 (Leo Lionni; creator of children's books, artist, magazine art director, graphic designer, author; b. in the Netherlands in 1910; lived in Philadelphia at age 14; moved to Genoa, Italy a year later; returned to Philadelphia; moved to New York in 1947; d. Oct. 11 at home near Radda in Chianti district, Italy, aged 89)
Information from 678 field, converted May 1, 2014 (American artist; art director of Fortune magazine)