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| partner = | relations = Theodore Ungerer (father) Alice Ungerer (mother) Bernard (brother) Edith (sister) Vivette (sister) | alma_mater = Municipal School for Decorative Arts (Strasbourg) | signature = | website = }} Jean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungerer (born 28 November 1931) is a French illustrator and a writer in three languages. He has published over 140 books ranging from much loved children's books to controversial adult work and from the fantastic to the autobiographical. He is known for sharp social satire and witty aphorisms. Ungerer received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1998 for his "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator.〔〔 ==Biography== Ungerer was born in Strasbourg, France, the youngest of four children to Alice (Essler) and Theo Ungerer.〔Ungerer, Tomi. ''Tomi: A Childhood under the Nazis''. Roberts Rinehart Publishing Group, Colorado. 1998. ISBN 1-57098163-9〕 The family moved to Logelbach, near Colmar, after the death of Tomi's father, Theodore — an artist, engineer, and astronomical clock manufacturer — in 1936. Ungerer also lived through the German occupation of Alsace when the family home was requisitioned by the Wehrmacht. As a young man, Ungerer was inspired by the illustrations appearing in ''The New Yorker'' magazine, particularly the work of Saul Steinberg.〔(Ungerer profile ). Lambiek's Comiclopedia.〕〔Kennedy, Randy. ("Tomi Ungerer Returns" ). ''The New York Times''. 27 July 2008.〕 In 1957, the year after he moved to the U.S., Harper & Row published his first children's book, ''The Mellops Go Flying'', and his second, ''The Mellops Go Diving for Treasure''; by the early 1960s he had created at least ten children's picture books with Harper, plus a few others, and had illustrated some books by other writers. He also did illustration work for such publications as ''The New York Times'', Esquire, ''Life'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''The Village Voice'',〔 and for television during the 1960s, and began to create posters denouncing the Vietnam War. Maurice Sendak called ''Moon Man'' (1966) "easily one of the best picture books in recent years."〔 After ''Allumette; A Fable, with Due Respect to Hans Christian Andersen, the Grimm Brothers, and the Honorable Ambrose Bierce'' in 1974, he ceased writing children's books, focusing instead on adult-level books, many of which focused on sexuality. He eventually returned to children's literature with ''Flix'' 1998. Ungerer donated many of the manuscripts and artwork for his early children’s books to the Children’s Literature Research Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia.〔("Happy Birthday, Tomi Ungerer! ), Free Library Blog (November 26, 2010).〕 One consistent theme in Ungerer's illustrations has been his support for European construction, beginning with Franco-German reconciliation in his home region of Alsace, and in particular European values of tolerance and diversity. In 2003, he was named Ambassador for Childhood and Education by the 47-nation Council of Europe. In 2007, his home town dedicated a museum to him, the ''Musée Tomi Ungerer/Centre international de l’illustration''.〔Author bio, ''Moon Man'' (Phaidon Press Limited, 2009).〕 Ungerer currently divides his time between Ireland (where he and his wife moved in 1976),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Tomi Ungerer – Biography )〕 and Strasbourg.〔 In addition to his work as a graphic artist and 'drawer', he is also a designer, toy collector and "archivist of human absurdity."〔 A biographical documentary film, ''Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story'', was produced in 2012. The film was featured at the 2013 Palm Springs International Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story )〕 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「Tomi Ungerer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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