Eric Carle: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

Line 6:

| caption = Carle in 1988

| birth_place = [[Syracuse, New York]], U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|6|25}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|5|23|1929|6|25}}

| death_place = [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], U.S.

| occupation = Author, designer, illustrator

| spouse = {{marriage|Barbara Morrison<br>|1973|2015|end=died}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Mourns the Loss of Co-Founder Barbara Carle |url=https://www.carlemuseum.org/content/museum-mourns-loss-co-founder-barbara-carle |website=The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art |access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref>

Line 26 ⟶ 24:

}}

'''Eric Carle''' (Born June 25, 1929 – May 23, 2021-) wasis an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Carle Obituary |url=https://www.ericcarle.art |website=ericcarle.art |access-date=May 26, 2021}}</ref> His picture book ''[[The Very Hungry Caterpillar]]'', first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on ''[[Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?]]''. Carle illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.<ref>data supplied by the business office of Eric Carle Studio, Oct 2013</ref>

In 2003, the [[American Library Association]] awarded Carle the biennial [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]] Medal (now called the [[Children's Literature Legacy Award]]), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made lasting contributions to the field. Carle was also a U.S. nominee for the biennial, international [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] in 2010.<ref name=ibby2010/>

Line 38 ⟶ 36:

{{quote|You know about the Siegfried line? To dig trenches. And the first day three people were killed a few feet away. None of us children -- Russian prisoners and other conscripted workers. The nurses came and started crying. And in Stuttgart, our home town, our house was the only one standing. When I say standing, I mean the roof and windows are gone, and the doors. And, well, there you are.<ref name=brockes>{{cite news| last=Brockes | first =Emma | title =This one's got legs | newspaper=The Guardian | date =March 14, 2009 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/mar/14/eric-carle-author}}</ref>}}

Always homesick for the United States, Carle dreamed of returning home one day. He eventually made it to New York City in 1952 with only $40 in savings and landed a job as [[graphic designer]] in the promotion department of ''[[The New York Times]]''. Carle was [[Conscription in the United States|drafted into the U.S. Army]] during the [[Korean War]] and stationed in Germany<ref name="bernstein">{{cite web|last1=Bernstein|first1=Fred A.|title=Hungry Caterpillar in the Florida Keys|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/garden/13carle.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|website=The New York Times|access-date=March 11, 2017|date=December 13, 2007}}</ref> with the 2nd Armoured Division as a mail clerk.<ref name="art" /> After his discharge, Carle returned to his old job with ''The New York Times''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=May 26, 2021 |title=Eric Carle, Author of ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/books/eric-carle-dead.html#:~:text=Eric%20Carle%2C%20the%20artist%20and,the%20cause%20was%20kidney%20failure. |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Carle later became the art director of an advertising agency.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bosselman|first=Haley|date=May 27, 2021|title=Eric Carle, Author of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' Dies at 91|url=https://variety.com/2021/biz/news/eric-carle-dead-very-hungry-caterpillar-1234982746/|access-date=May 28, 2021|website=Variety}}</ref>

==Writing and illustrating career==

Line 71 ⟶ 69:

The [[Frist Art Museum]] exhibition "Eric Carle's Picture Books: Celebrating 50 Years of ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar''" was on display from October 18, 2019, through February 23, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/nashville/article/Frist-Art-Museum-Presents-Eric-Carles-Picture-Books-Celebrating-50-Years-Of-The-Very-Hungry-Caterpillar-20190907|title=Frist Art Museum Presents Eric Carle's Picture Books: Celebrating 50 Years Of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref> In November 2019, Carle sold his publishing rights to [[Penguin Random House]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/81653-penguin-random-house-to-acquire-complete-works-of-eric-carle.html|title=Penguin Random House to Acquire Complete Works of Eric Carle|website=PublishersWeekly.com}}</ref>

==Death==

Carle died on Sunday, May 23, 2021, at his summer studio in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], from kidney failure, at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7.com/eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar-author-illustrator/10699566/|title='The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author, illustrator Eric Carle dies at 91|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=May 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/books/eric-carle-dead.html#:~:text=Eric%20Carle%2C%20the%20artist%20and,the%20cause%20was%20kidney%20failure.|title=Eric Carle, Author of ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', Dies at 91|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 26, 2021}}</ref> An official announcement was made by his family on May 26, 2021, via their website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ericcarle.art |title = Family of Bobbie & Eric Carle}}</ref>

==Selected works==