The Hans Christian Andersen Awards, 1956–2002. IBBY. Gyldendal. 2002. Hosted by Austrian Literature Online ( literature.at). Retrieved 2013-07-23. Quentin Blake is one of Britain's best-loved and most successful author-illustrators, and was made the first Children's Laureate in 1999. He has won the Whitbread Award, the hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, been shortlisted for The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award which rewards the best in contemporary children's and young adult literature from all over the world and has won the Kate Greenaway Medal among others. He was born in 1932 and has been drawing ever since he can remember. His first drawing was published in Punch when he was only 16. He studied English at Downing College, Cambridge, and after that he did a postgraduate teaching diploma at the University of London. This was followed by a part-time course at Chelsea Art School. For Mister Magnolia, which he also wrote, Blake won the 1980 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. [28] For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel of experts named it one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite. [33] He was also a highly commended Greenaway runner-up [b] for The Wild Washerwomen: A new folk tale, by John Yeoman (1979), and a commended runner-up [b] for Clown (1995), which he wrote himself. [30] He made the Greenaway shortlist [b] for Zagazoo (1998), which he wrote, and for Sad Book (2004) by Michael Rosen. Quentin Blake: 'Spend time with children? Good God, no' | Children and teenagers | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com . Retrieved 30 April 2023.

Quentin Blake knighted in Queen's New Year honours". BBC News. 29 December 2012 . Retrieved 30 December 2012. Blake won the Kurt Maschler Award, or the Emil, for All Join In (Jonathan Cape, 1990), which he wrote and illustrated. The award from Maschler Publications and Booktrust annually recognised one British "work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other." [29] In 2023, Blake was asked by Blue Peter to design a new Blue Peter badge which they have called their Book badge. Blake, Quentin (18 December 2021). "Quentin Blake: 'Roald Dahl was a very different sort of person from me' ". The Telegraph.

Standard, Kate Church, Evening (13 April 2012). "My London: Quentin Blake". Evening Standard . Retrieved 30 April 2023. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) Quentin Blake was awarded the O.B.E. in 1988, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children's Laureate. This position, which he held for two years, saw him undertaking lots of ambitious projects in his quest to spread the word about the exciting world of children's books. By 2006, Blake had illustrated 323 books, of which he had written 35 and Dahl had written 18. [14] [a] To date, Blake has illustrated two of David Walliams' books and has illustrated Folio Society Limited Editions such as Don Quixote, Candide and 50 Fables of La Fontaine. Quentin Blake was born in 1932 and read English at Cambridge, before attending Chelsea Art College. He has won many major prizes for illustration, including the Kate Greenaway Medal (1980) and the Red House Children's Book Award (1981) for Mister Magnolia. He is also the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration and in 1990 was voted 'The Illustrator's Illustrator' by Observer Magazine. A tireless promoter of children's literature – and a long-time collaborator with roald Dahl – Quentin Blake was awarded the OBE in 1988 and in 2005 he was awarded a CBE for services to Children's Literature. In the most recent New Year’s Honours list he has been knighted.

In March 2014, he was awarded the insignia of a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur at a ceremony at the Institut Français in London. [36] He is also a Companion of the Guild of St George. Find sources: "Quentin Blake"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Quentin was the inaugural Children's Laureate (1999-2001), an experience he recorded in his book Laureate's Progress. During his time in the role, he celebrated children's books and children's book illustration with a range of projects and exhibitions, and conceived the idea for the House of Illustration, the world's first centre dedicated to the art of illustration in all its forms. Blake is beyond brilliant . . . I've never met a child who doesn't love Quentin Blake" - Daily Telegraph is reviewed between 08.30 to 16.30 Monday to Friday. We're experiencing a high volume of enquiries so it may take us

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Kenyon, Ghislane (2016). Quentin Blake: In the Theatre of the Imagination: An Artist at Work. London: Bloomsbury. p.68. ISBN 978-1441130075. He is one of the best-known and best-loved illustrators of our time, and his books with a wide range of authors have been treasured by generations of children throughout the world. In 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration. Quentin lives in London. D. Martin, "Quentin Blake", in Douglas Martin, The Telling Line: Essays On Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators (Julia MacRae Books, 1989), pp.243–263