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Barbara Cooney (August 6, 1917 – March 10, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books, published over sixty years. She won two Caldecott Medals, which are awarded to the year's best-illustrated U.S. picture book,〔 and a National Book Award. Her books have been translated into 10 languages.〔 For her contribution as a children's illustrator, Cooney was the U.S. nominee in 1994 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books.〔〔 ==Life== Cooney was born on 6 August 1917 in Room 1127 of the Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn, New York,〔 to Russell Schenck Cooney (a stockbroker) and his wife Mae Evelyn Bossert (a painter). She had a twin brother and two younger brothers. Her family moved to Connecticut, where she attended Buckley Country Day School and later Boarding School. She started drawing and painting early in life, and was encouraged by her mother but allowed to learn independently. Cooney graduated from Smith College with a history degree, but had always continued working at art. She began to make connections in the publishing world. Her first professional illustration was for ''Ake and His World'' by the Swedish poet Bertil Malmberg, which was published in 1940, a year after she graduated.〔 During World War II, Cooney served in the Women’s Army Corps. Soon after her service, she met and married Guy Murchie(Jr) in 1944. They had two children, Gretel and Barnaby. She later divorced. In July 1949 she married Charles Talbot Porter; they had two children together: Charles and Phoebe.〔 Cooney had continued her illustration work. In 1959, she won the Caldecott Medal for ''Chanticleer and the Fox'', writing and illustrating her version〔 of the fable, "Chanticleer and the Fox." This was developed by Chaucer in his "The Nun's Priest's Tale." Beginning in her 40s, Cooney frequently traveled, gaining inspiration for illustrations and her writing. At home, she lived in Damariscotta, Maine, in a house built for her by one of her sons. Among her many books, she illustrated ''Ox-Cart Man'' (1980), written by American poet Donald Hall, for which she received her second Caldecott Medal.〔 With her book ''Miss Rumphius'' (1983), which she wrote and illustrated, she won the National Book Award in category Picture Books. That year William Steig and his ''Doctor De Soto'' also shared the award.〔 In 1996, Maine Governor Angus King honored Miss Cooney by proclaiming a day in her name as "Barbara Cooney Day". Her last book, ''Basket Moon'' (2000), was published six months before her death at home in Damariscotta on March 10, 2000. Portions of her original artwork are being displayed at Bowdoin College in Maine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barbara Cooney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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