Schoenherr, John

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Name (Latin)
Schoenherr, John
Name (Arabic)
شوينهير، جون
Other forms of name
Schoenherr, Jack, 1935-2010
Schoenherr, Jack
Schoenherr, John (John Carl), 1935-2010
Date of birth
1935
Date of death
2010
Place of birth
Easton (Northampton County, Pa.)
Place of death
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Occupation
Illustrators
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
John Carl
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 64033886
Wikidata: Q6256932
Library of congress: n 79074333
Sources of Information
  • Miles, M. Mississippi possum, 1965.
  • New York times WWW site, Apr. 15, 2010(in obituary published Apr. 14: John Schoenherr; b. John Carl Schoenherr, July 5, 1935, Manhattan; familiarly known as Jack; d. Apr. 8, Easton, Pa., aged 74; Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator who for a half-century produced painterly, exquisitely detailed images of creatures from this world and others)

Wikipedia description:

John Carl Schoenherr (July 5, 1935 – April 8, 2010) was an American illustrator. He won the 1988 Caldecott Medal for U.S. children's book illustration, recognizing Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, which recounts the story of the first time a father takes his youngest child on a traditional outing to spot an owl. He was posthumously inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2015.

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