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Blegvad, Erik

LC control no.n 79026978
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Personal name headingBlegvad, Erik
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LocatedWest Wardsboro (Vt.) London (England)
Birth date1923-03-03
Death date2014-01-14
Place of birthCopenhagen (Denmark)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Field of activityIllustrated children's books
Profession or occupationIllustrators
Found inJackson, R. A year is a window, 1963.
Mud Pies and other recipes a cookbook for dolls, c2001: t.p. (illustrated by Erik Blegvad) jkt. (b. in Denmark he currently resides in Vermont, London, and the South of France)
678 field information, Feb. 11, 2014 (b. Mar. 3, 1923)
New York times (online), viewed Feb. 11, 2014 (in obituary published Feb. 10: Erik Blegvad; b. Mar. 3, 1923, Copenhagen; d. Jan. 14, London, aged 90; prolific children's book artist renowned for illustrations whose fine-grained propriety could barely conceal the deep subversive wit at their core; moved with his wife to the United States in 1951; maintained a home in West Wardsboro, Vt., for many years; had long divided his time between London and the United States)