Galdone, Paul

Paul Galdone was born circa 1907 in Budapest, Austria- Hungary and immigrated to the United States in 1921. Galdone studied art at the Art Student's League and New York School for Industrial Design . He served in World War II in the U.S. Army, Engineers. The author and illustrator of children's books also was employed as a bus boy, electrician's helper, and fur dryer, in addition to four years in the art department at Doubleday (NY). His work was awarded runner up for the Caldecott Medal ( Eve Titus, Anatole, 1957 and Anatole and the Cat, 1958) and selection by the American Library Association for notable books ( The Little Red Hen, Winter Danger, and Flaming Arrows ). He died of a heart attack on 7 November 1986, in Nyack, NY .

From the guide to the Paul Galdone Papers, circa 1976., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries)

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