William Steig - Wikipedia His father, Joseph Steig, [4] was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings As a child, Steig dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio
William Steig | Biography, Books, Facts | Britannica William Steig (born November 14, 1907, Brooklyn, New York, U S —died October 3, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts) was an author, illustrator, and cartoonist who developed a national reputation in the latter half of the 20th century for his thought-provoking, doodle-style cartoons
William Steig, Childrens Book author Called the "King of Cartoons" by Newsweek, William Steig has carved out dual careers as both a highly respected and entertaining cartoonist and an award-winning, best-selling author of children's picture books and novels
William Steig - Illustration History Born in Brooklyn on November 14, 1907, William Steig (1907-2003) was the son of Eastern European Jewish immigrants from Lvov in what is now Ukraine―a family of artists who nurtured his creative gifts from an early age
William Steig | Carle Museum Known as the “King of Cartoons,” William Steig created over 1,000 illustrations for The New Yorker He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble in 1970, just two years after publishing his first picture book at the age of 61
William Steig Biography - Notable Biographies Born November 14, 1907, in Brooklyn, NY; died of natural causes, October 3, 2003, in Boston, MA Author and illustrator As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine
William Steig - MoMA Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto He was the U S Awards, as both a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988
William Steig | Authors | Macmillan William Steig (1907-2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator and author of award-winning books for children, including Shrek!, on which the DreamWorks movies are based
William Steig - nccil. org Called the “King of Cartoons” by Newsweek, William Steig is notably known for his work as a highly respected and entertaining cartoonist and an award-winning, best-selling author of children’s picture books and novels
William Steig – Lifetime Achievement 2008 - Society of Illustrators William Steig (1907-2003) called the “King of Cartoons” by Newsweek, William Steig carved out dual careers as a highly respected and entertaining cartoonist and as an award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator of children’s books