Marc Simont papers, 1939-1997.

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Marc Simont papers, 1939-1997.

The collection contains illustrations and text for approximately eighty books. There is almost no correspondence and several of the titles are missing illustrations.

110 linear ft.

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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...