Awards & Winners

Ann Grifalconi

Date of Birth 22-September-1929
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Author, Illustrator, Writer
Ann Grifalconi is an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born in New York, she studied art at the Cooper Union School of Art, where she received a certificate in advertising art in 1950. She worked for several years in advertising and display, then taught art and design at the High School of Fashion Industries before leaving to become a full-time illustrator and author. Grifalconi is the author of several books for children, including The Village of Round and Square Houses and Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me. As an illustrator she has worked with authors including Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, and Walter Dean Myers. She shared a Coretta Scott King Award with Clifton for Everrett Anderson's Goodbye; The Jazz Man, which she illustrated for Mary Hays Weik, was a 1967 Newbery Honor book and an ALA Notable book. Grifalconi lives in New York City.

Awards by Ann Grifalconi

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ann Grifalconi.

2003


Jane Addams Chldren's Book Awards for Picture Book
Honored for : Patrol

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jane Addams Chldren's Book Awards for Picture Book Village That Vanished

1987


Caldecott Medal
Honored for : The Village of Round and Square Houses

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Caldecott Medal The Village of Round and Square Houses