Rojankovsky, Feodor, 1891-1970
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Name (Latin)
Rojankovsky, Feodor, 1891-1970
Name (Cyrilic)
Рожанковский, Федор, 1891-1970
Other forms of name
Rozhankovskiĭ, Fedor, 1891-1970
Rojan, 1891-1970
Rozhankovskīĭ, F., 1891-1970
Date of birth
1891
Date of death
1970
Place of birth
Jelgava (Latvia)
Place of death
United States
Occupation
Authors
Illustrators
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Feodor Stepanovich
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Daniel Boone ... 1931.
- Illustrators of childrens books, 1957-1966, 1968:p. 160 (Rojankovsky, Feodor Stepanovich; b. 12/21/1891 in Russia; emigrated to Paris 1920, then to U.S. in 1941)
- Chernyĭ, S. Zhivai︠a︡ azbuka, 1926:t.p. (F. Rozhankovskīĭ)
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Wikipedia description:
Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky (Russian: Фёдор Степанович Рожанковский) (December 24, 1891 – October 12, 1970), also known as Rojan, was a Russian émigré illustrator. He is well known both for children's book illustration and for erotic art. He won the 1956 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration from the American Library Association, recognizing Frog Went A-Courtin' by John Langstaff.
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