DePaola, Tomie, 1934-2020
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Name (Hebrew)
דה פאולה, טומי, 1934-2020
Name (Latin)
DePaola, Tomie, 1934-2020
Other forms of name
DePaola, Tomie, 1934-
De Paola, Tomie, 1934-
De Paolo, Tomie, 1934-
DePaola, Thomas Anthony, 1934-
Paola, Tomie de, 1934-
Paolo, Tomie de, 1934-
Date of birth
1934-09-15
Date of death
2020-03-30
Place of birth
Meriden (Conn.)
Place of death
Lebanon (N.H.)
Field of activity
Children's books
Occupation
Authors
Illustrators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Sound, 1965:t.p. (illustrated by Tomie de Paola)
- The walking coat, 1981:t.p. (Tomie dePaola)
- Tomie de Paola, c1993:CIP t.p. (Tomie de Paola) galley (Thomas Anthony "Tomie" de Paolo, b. Sept. 25, 1934 in Meriden, Conn.)
- Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Dec. 8, 2008(Tomie dePaola; also known as Thomas Anthony dePaola; b. Sept. 25, 1934, Meriden, Conn.; some sources cite surname as de Paola; Lone Mountain College, doctoral equivalency, 1970; professional artist and designer, and teacher of art, 1956-; writer and illustrator of juvenile books)
- His Web site, Dec. 8, 2008(Tomie dePaola; lives in New London, N.H.)
- Wikipedia, Jan. 2, 2014(Tomie dePaola; Thomas Anthony dePaola; born September 15, 1934 in Meriden, Connecticut; writer and illustrator who has created more than 200 children's books, and is known best for picture books such as Strega Nona)
- ספר: סבתא אשפתא, 2008.
- Tomie dePaola September 15, 1934 - March 30, 2020 ( (Facebook, viewed 31 March 2020) )
- Tomie dePaola, the prolific children's author and illustrator who delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful old witch in Italy, died Monday [March 30 2020] at age 85. DePaola died at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, according to his literary agent, Doug Whiteman. He was badly injured in a fall last week and died of complications following surgery. ( (AP News website, viewed 31 March 2020) )
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Wikipedia description:
Thomas Anthony "Tomie" dePaola (; September 15, 1934 – March 30, 2020) was an American writer and illustrator who created more than 260 children's books, such as Strega Nona. He received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his lifetime contribution to American children's literature in 2011.
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