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‘Strega Nona’ Author Tomie dePaola Dies at 85
Tomie dePaola in his studio in New London, N.H., in 2013. Of the many books he wrote and illustrated, he said the ones that resonated most with children were inspired by his own life.Credit…Jim Cole/Associated Press
Tomie dePaola, one of my favorite children’s book illustrators, and perhaps yours, has passed away. I always admired his great sense of style and the masterful ease he had with conjuring up his distinctive storytelling. His stories of a grandma witch with an eternally full pasta pot, beginning with Strega Nona (1975), were beloved by generations of children.
Strega Nona
Much in the same spirit as another favorite artist, Tomi Ungerer, who died last year, dePaola had a signature style and a heartfelt vision that carried him through his 30-year career. Speaking of hearts, dePaola got to signing his work with a heart and never stopped. As he explained: “The heart has become a sort of symbol for me. I al
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Thomas Anthony dePaola (1934-) Biography
Biographical and Critical Sources
BOOKS
Berg, Julie, Tomie dePaola, Abdo & Daughters, 1993.
Children's Books and Their Creators, edited by Anita Silvey, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1995, p. 196.
Children's Literature Review, Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 4, 1982, pp. 50-66, Volume 24, 1991, pp. 84-104.
Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 61: American Writers for Children since 1960: Poets, Illustrators, and Nonfiction Authors, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1987, pp. 15-26.
Elleman, Barbara, Tomie dePaola: His Art and His Stories, Putnam (New York, NY), 1999.
Fifth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators, edited by Sally Holmes Holtze, H. W. Wilson (New York, NY), 1983, pp. 99-100.
Roginski, Jim, compiler, Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and Honor Book Winners, Libraries Unlimited, 1982.
St. James Guide to Children's Writers, 5th edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), pp. 317-320.
PERIODICALS
Booklist, October 1
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past exhibition
I live a journey of a thousand years: Raphael Barontini
On view March 7 through June 23
Installation view of Raphaël Barontini’s I live a journey of a thousand years at the Currier Museum. Photo bygd Morgan Karanasios.
The exhibition comprises about twenty works and is Raphaël Barontini’s largest presentation to date at a US institution. Closely following the commission entitled We Could be Heroes at the Panthéon in Paris – part of the Carte blanche series organized bygd France’s National Monuments Center – the exhibition at the Currier features La Bataille dem Vertières (2023) as its centerpiece, a monumental 65-foot-wide painting that first premiered inside the Panthéon and will be on view in the US for the first time.
The exhibition title paraphrases a del from the poem Calendrier lagunaire, published in 1982 by the late Martinican author and politician Aimé Césaire, which reads: “I dwell in a thousand-year journey.”
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