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and Ella Auler, a talented artist and musician who had moved from St. Louis to Paris. His parents separated when Parin was six years old and he grew up spending time with each, travelling around Europe with his father. Edgar Parin took his mother's maiden name when she changed it from
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Ingri and Edgar met in Munich when Ingri was an art student. They were married in 1925. A modest insurance settlement following a near-fatal bus–trolley collision in Paris provided the seed money for Edgar's
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voyage to the U.S. to scout for opportunities. He garnered enough commissions illustrating books to send for Ingri and they moved into a cold-water walk-up flat in
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Using their research and travel experiences as inspiration, the husband-and-wife team produced 27 illustrated books for children including many
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for "continued distinguished contribution to children's literature" in 1970. They were the 1974 U.S. nominee for the biennial, international
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In 2007 and 2008, respectively, the Italian publisher Donzelli Editori reissued smaller-format Italian language editions of
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who worked primarily as a team, completing almost all of their well-known works together. The couple immigrated to the
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in 2006, which likewise was a meticulous reprint of the 1972 original pressing. That was followed by a reprint of
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encouraged her to pursue art as a career, and Ingri later studied at art schools in Norway, Germany and France.
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in 1940, recognizing the previous year's "most distinguished American picture book for children".
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At first they pursued separate careers. Edgar concentrated on illustrating books using
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Many of the d'Aulaires' early books depict the scenery and folktales of Norway:
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in 1931. Shortly thereafter they became U.S. citizens. They lived and worked in
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The d'Aulaires won the third annual Caldecott Medal in 1940 for
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from Europe and worked on books that focused on history such as
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Edgar Parin, originally of Swiss citizenship, was born in
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The d'Aulaires received the Catholic Library Association
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Wife-and-husband illustrator and children's writer duo
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Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
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Index


children's books
United States
Caldecott Medal
Feodor Rojankovsky
Roger Duvoisin
Ludwig Bemelmans
Miska Petersham
Tibor Gergely
Munich
Gino Parin
Kunstgewerbeschule
Hans Hofmann
Henri Matisse
fresco
Florence
Ingri Mortenson
Kongsberg
Eddas
Edvard Grieg
Harriet Backer
steerage-class
Brooklyn
wood block engravings
lithography
New York Public Library
Wilton, Connecticut
Royalton, Vermont
Pocahontas
Benjamin Franklin

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