Biro, Val, 1921-2014
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Name (Hebrew)
בירו, ואל, 1921-2014
Name (Latin)
Biro, Val, 1921-2014
Other forms of name
Biro, Balint Stephen, 1921-2014
Biro, B. S. (Balint Stephen), 1921-2014
Biro, B. (Balint), 1921-2014
Biro, 1921-2014
בירו, ול
Date of birth
1921-10-06
Date of death
2014-07-04
Place of birth
Budapest (Hungary)
Associated country
Great Britain
Place of residence/headquarters
Bosham (England)
Field of activity
Illustrated children's books Book cover art Magazine illustration
Occupation
Authors Illustrators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Author's Gumdrop, 1967, c1966:t.p. (illustrated by Val Biro)
- Under the greenwood tree, 1966:t.p. (B.S. Biro; illustrator)
- The terrible trumpet, 1966:t.p. (B. Biro; illustrator)
- Tommy and the yellow submarine, 1971:t.p. (Biro; drawings)
- Val Biro's WWW pages, Mar. 20, 2007(b. Balint Stephen Biro, Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 6, 1921; children's author, artist and illustrator)
- Guardian (online), viewed July 30, 2014(Val Biro; b. Balint Stephen Biro, Oct. 6, 1921, Budapest; sent to London to study at the Central School of Art, 1939; d. July 4, 2014; children's author and illustrator who created Gumdrop, the adventurous vintage car; cover artist for hundreds of fiction and non-fiction titles from 1944 onwards; also had a 21-year spell illustrating for Radio times; lived in Bosham, West Sussex)