Marc Simont Papers 1949-1980

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Marc Simont Papers 1949-1980

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Marc Simont's papers focus on his work as an illustrator of children's picture books. The collection includes illustrations for 4 titles, and includes color, black and white, charcoal, and tempera illustrations, and 13 color illustrations with proof text pasteup for 4 titles.

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University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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Simont, Marc

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Marc Simont was born November 23, 1915, in Paris, and first came to the United States in 1927. He studied art in New York and Paris in the 1930s. He served in the United States Army during WWII, and in 1945 married Sara Dalton, with whom she had 1 son. He has worked as an artist and illustrator since 1939, and has also written and translated children's books. He worked as an illustrator for 5 decades, including a number of series books for young readers. In 1950 he received a Caldecott Honor for...