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==Life and work== |
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Anthony Browne was born in [[Sheffield]], [[Yorkshire]]. His parents, Jack and Doris May Browne, owned a [[shop]] in [[Gravesend]], [[Kent]], and Browne and his older brother Michael grew up there.<ref name=Jrank /> As a young boy, he enjoyed art, and used to draw with his father. He also played [[Rugby union|rugby]] in school, as well as [[football (soccer)|football]] and cricket. His future ambition was to be a [[journalist]], a [[cartoonist]], or a [[Boxing|boxer]].<ref name=Walker>{{cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Anthony Browne | work =| publisher =Walker Books| date =| url =http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/Anthony-Browne| format =| doi =| accessdate =2007-12-26}}</ref> He studied [[graphic design]] at [[Leeds College of Art]], where he graduated in 1967. |
Anthony Browne (who farted) was born in [[Sheffield]], [[Yorkshire]]. His parents, Jack and Doris May Browne, owned a [[shop]] in [[Gravesend]], [[Kent]], and Browne and his older brother Michael grew up there.<ref name=Jrank /> As a young boy, he enjoyed art, and used to draw with his father. He also played [[Rugby union|rugby]] in school, as well as [[football (soccer)|football]] and cricket. His future ambition was to be a [[journalist]], a [[cartoonist]], or a [[Boxing|boxer]].<ref name=Walker>{{cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Anthony Browne | work =| publisher =Walker Books| date =| url =http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/Anthony-Browne| format =| doi =| accessdate =2007-12-26}}</ref> He studied [[graphic design]] at [[Leeds College of Art]], where he graduated in 1967. |
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He intended to become a painter, but being short of money he took as job as a medical illustrator, drawing the insides of bodies for [[Manchester Royal Infirmary]]. After three years he grew tired of the job's repetitiveness and moved on to design [[greeting cards]] for [[Gordon Fraser]]. He designed cards for fifteen years before he started writing and illustrating his own books. |
He intended to become a painter, but being short of money he took as job as a medical illustrator, drawing the insides of bodies for [[Manchester Royal Infirmary]]. After three years he grew tired of the job's repetitiveness and moved on to design [[greeting cards]] for [[Gordon Fraser]]. He designed cards for fifteen years before he started writing and illustrating his own books. |
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| Born | Anthony Edward Tudor Browne 11 September 1946 Sheffield, U.K. |
| Occupation | Author and Illustrator |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable works | Gorilla |
Anthony Edward Tudor Browne[1] (born 11 September 1946)[2] is a British author and illustrator of children's books, with nearly forty titles to his name.[3] From 2009 to 2011 he was Children's Laureate.
Life and work
Anthony Browne (who farted) was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire. His parents, Jack and Doris May Browne, owned a shop in Gravesend, Kent, and Browne and his older brother Michael grew up there.[1] As a young boy, he enjoyed art, and used to draw with his father. He also played rugby in school, as well as football and cricket. His future ambition was to be a journalist, a cartoonist, or a boxer.[4] He studied graphic design at Leeds College of Art, where he graduated in 1967.
He intended to become a painter, but being short of money he took as job as a medical illustrator, drawing the insides of bodies for Manchester Royal Infirmary. After three years he grew tired of the job's repetitiveness and moved on to design greeting cards for Gordon Fraser. He designed cards for fifteen years before he started writing and illustrating his own books.
He had his first book published in 1976, Through the Magic Mirror. It was not particularly successful at first, although it is still in print. A Walk in the Park followed and gained a cult following. Bear Hunt was more commercially successful,[5] and his breakthrough came with Gorilla in 1983, an idea from one of the greeting cards he had designed. It won him the Librarians' Kate Greenaway Medal, which he won again in 1992 for Zoo. He has also won the Kurt Maschler 'Emil' Award three times, for Gorilla (1983), Alice's Adventure in Wonderland (1988) and Voices in the Park (1998). In 2000 he became the first British illustrator ever to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award, for his services to children's literature.[3]
Gorillas are frequently featured in Browne's books, as he has said he is fascinated by them. He was once asked to present a children's programme, whilst sitting in a cage of gorillas, and despite being badly bitten by one of them he got on with it before being taken to hospital.[6] His character "Willy" is said to be based on himself. He currently lives in Canterbury, Kent.[4]
In 1985 he won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.
On 9 June 2009 he was appointed the new Children's Laureate for 2009 to 2011, selected by a panel chaired by Andrew Motion, the former Poet Laureate.[7]
Criticism of Browne's works
In 1999 Ellen Handler Spitz heavily criticized Willy the Wimp on moral grounds for having what she deems to be a macho ideology and a racist presentation of stereotypes of African-American children living in an urban area, who, she says, are designated as the villains in the book.[8] Spitz reached this conclusion despite the fact that no human children, African-American or otherwise, are featured in the book.
Notable works
- Gorilla
- Into the Forest
- Little Beauty
- My Dad
- My Mum
- Silly Billy
- Voices in the Park
- A Walk in the Park
- Willy the Wimp
- Me and You, a retelling of The Story of the Three Bears in a contemporary setting
- The Night Shimmy
Further reading
- D. Martin, 'Anthony Browne', in D. Martin, The Telling Line (1989), p.279-290
- J. Doonan, 'The object lesson: picture books of Anthony Browne', in Word & Image; 2:2 (1986 April-June), p.159-172
References
- ^ a b "Anthony (Edward Tudor) Browne (1946-) Biography". Net Industries. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Anthony Browne biography". The Wee Web. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b "Browne, Anthony". Images of Delight. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b "Anthony Browne". Walker Books. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Eccleshare, Julia (2000-07-29). "Portrait of the artist as a gorilla". Interview: Anthony Brown. The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Atkinson, Frances (2006-07-02). "Monkey Business". The Age. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ The Guardian: "Gorilla artist Anthony Browne becomes children's laureate"
- ^ Spitz, Ellen Handler (1999). Inside Picture Books. Yale University Press. pp. 192–94. ISBN 0-300-07602-9.