| LC control no. | n 79129190 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3537.L64 |
| Personal name heading | Slobodkina, Esphyr, 1908-2002 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1908-09-22 |
| Death date | 2002-07-21 |
| Place of birth | Cheli︠a︡binskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia) |
| Place of death | Glen Head (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Children's literature |
| Profession or occupation | Illustrators Authors Artists |
| Found in | Brown, M.W. The little fireman, c1938. N.Y. times, July 27, 2002 (Esphyr Slobodkina; artist and author; b. Cheliabinsk, Siberia, Sept. 22, 1908; came to America at 20; d. on Sunday [July 21] at home in Glen Head, N.Y., aged 93) Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for sale, 1940: title page (told and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina) Brown, Margaret Wise. Sleepy ABC, 1994: title page (pictures by Esphyr Slobodkina) Artemis Literary Sources, accessed February 13, 2016: Esphyr Slobodkina, Contemporary Authors Online, 2003 (Born 1908, in Siberia, Russia; died July 21, 2002, in Glen Head, NY; emigrated to the United States in 1928, became a citizen in 1935; died in 2002 ...Painter, writer, sculptor, interior decorator, and illustrator. Work represented in Metropolitan Museum and Whitney Museum, both in New York City; Smithsonian, Washington, DC; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and New York State Museum, Albany ... Esphyr Slobodkina uses traditional folklore structures in her children's books. Her stories rely on repetitive action, suspense, and simple language to engage her young readers ...) |
| Associated language | eng |
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