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Jan Michał Pieńkowski (born 8 August 1936) is a Polish-British author of children's books—as illustrator, as writer, and as designer of movable books. He has also designed for the theatre. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was UK nominee in 1982 and again in 2008 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books.〔〔 WorldCat reports that Pieńkowski's work most widely held in participating libraries is ''Christmas, the King James Version'' (1984; US ISBN 0394869230), a 24-page picture book that "()ses the words of the Gospels of Luke and Matthew to present the story of the birth of Jesus."〔. Retrieved 3 September 2012.〕 ==Biography== Jan Pieńkowski was born in Warsaw, Poland. He was three when the September 1939 invasion of Poland opened World War II in Europe. During the war, the Pieńkowskis moved about the continent; they settled in Herefordshire, England, in 1946, where Pieńkowski attended Lucton School. Meanwhile, Jan had illustrated his first book at the age of eight, as a present for his father. Pieńkowski attended the Cardinal Vaughan School in London and later read English and Classics at King's College, Cambridge. After leaving university he founded the Gallery Five greeting cards company. He began illustrating children's books in spare time but soon found it taking all his time. In 1968 Pieńkowski began working with children's author Joan Aiken. He won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal for their 1971 book, ''The Kingdom Under the Sea and other stories'' (Jonathan Cape), eleven "fairy tales from Eastern Europe and Russia" retold by Aiken.〔 That award by the Library Association recognised the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. In retrospect the librarians call it "brilliantly illustrated in a highly original and recognisable silhouette style".〔 One year earlier he had been one of three Greenaway runners up for ''The Golden Bird'' (J. M. Dent, 1970), written by Edith Brill.〔 Pieńkowski is probably best known for illustrating the ''Meg and Mog'' books written by Helen Nicoll, and for his pop-up books including ''Haunted House'', ''Robot'', ''Dinner Time'', ''Good Night'' and 17 others. ''Haunted House'' (Heinemann, 1979) earned his second Greenaway Medal (no one has won three).〔 The librarians describe it as "the house of petrifying pop-ups".〔 Pieńkowski has had a lifelong interest in stage design. He was commissioned to provide designs for Theatre de Complicite, ''Beauty and the Beast'' for the Royal Ballet, and ''Sleeping Beauty'' at Disneyland Paris. In December 2008 he was a guest on ''Private Passions'', a biographic music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3. Published episode notes include the observation that "()is musical choices, which all have strong personal resonances, reflect his Polish background as well as his love of both Italy and England." Recordings of two Polish numbers led the program: "Infant holy, infant lowly", a traditional Christmas Carol (lyrics in English translation), and Chopin's so-called Military Polonaise.〔("Jan Pienkowski" ). Broadcast episode notes (recording not available). ''Private Passions'', Sunday 14 December 2008, 12:00 (one hour). BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 1 December 2012.〕 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「Jan Pieńkowski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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