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Date of Birth
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05-May-1910
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Place of Birth
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Amsterdam
(Netherlands, North Holland, European Netherlands)
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Nationality
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Netherlands
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Also know as
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Leo Lionni / Fredrick Vahle
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Profession
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Writer, Illustrator, Author
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Leo Lionni was an author and illustrator of children's books. Born in the Netherlands, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art director for several advertising agencies, and then for Fortune magazine. He returned to Italy in 1962 and started writing and illustrating children's books. In 1962 his book Inch by Inch was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
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