Szekeres, Cyndy

Cyndy Szekeres (pronounced "zeck-er-es") was born 31 October 1933, the daughter of a toolmaker, Stephen Szekeres, and his wife Anna Ceplousky Szekeres . In 1954, Szekeres earned a certificate from the Pratt Institute in New York. Szekeres has illustrated over 40 children's books, and is best known for her animal characters. She has also written or compiled and self-illustrated 67 titles. Szekeres won the AIGA Award for her work on Moon Mouse (1969). Szekeres currently lives on a farm in Vermont.

From the guide to the Cyndy Szekeres Papers, 1961-2004., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries)

Cyndy Szekeres was born October 31, 1933, in Bridgport, CT. She became a writer and illustrator of children's books, illustrating all of the many books she has written, and also illustrating for other writers. An early job illustrating children's fashions for a department store, in which the children had always to be well-groomed and perfect, was, she felt, a negative influence on the way she wanted to draw, eventually leading her to focus more strongly on anthropomorphic animals, and eventually animals only, in her book illustrating. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 60, 131.

From the description of Cyndy Szekeres Papers 1969. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 430839358

Cyndy Szekeres was born October 31, 1933, in Bridgport, CT. She became a writer and illustrator of children's books, illustrating all of the many books she has written, and also illustrating for other writers. An early job illustrating children's fashions for a department store, in which the children had always to be well-groomed and perfect, was, she felt, a negative influence on the way she wanted to draw, eventually leading her to focus more strongly on anthropomorphic animals, and eventually animals only, in her book illustrating.

Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 60, 131

From the guide to the Cyndy Szekeres Papers, 1969, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])