Author for children Leo Lionni

Leo Lionni

Living place: Netherlands

Birthday: 5-5-1910

Global rank: #54450

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Author for children Leo Lionni profile

Who is Author for children Leo Lionni?
Young Italian writer and illustrator best known for his use of collages. His 1962 book Inch By Inch won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
As an advertising executive, he worked on accounts for the Ford and Chrysler engine companies.
 
 

Young / Before famous

Before beginning his writing career, he worked as an art director for several East Coast advertising agencies and for Fortune magazine.

Family life info

He married Nora Maffi whose father founded the Italian Communist Party, and they had two children together.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Leo Lionni?
While working in advertising, he booked the job from a young Andy Warhol.

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When was Author for children Leo Lionni born?
Leo Lionni was born in 5-5-1910, death year is , at the age of 114.
Where is Author for children Leo Lionni's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Leo Lionni was born in Netherlands. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Leo Lionni's global rank is 54450 and whose rank is 167 in list of famous Author for children.
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Events in 1910 and 5-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Leo Lionni

  • Union of South Africa established, with its parliamentary capital in Cape Town and administrative capital in Pretoria (May 31).
  • Portuguese monarchy ends. Teofilio Braga is selected as president of new republic.
  • Mexican revolution begins; Francisco Madero publishes his manifesto La sucesión presidencial en 1910.
  • Japan formally annexes Korea.

Birthday Leo Lionni (5-5) in history

  • Day 5-5 year 1809: Mary Kies of South Killingly became the first woman to be granted a patent for the right to the technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
  • Day 5-5 year 1821: Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte passed away on the island of Saint Helena
  • Day 5-5 year 1891: Carnegie Hall (then known as Music Hall) opened in New York City. Peter Tchaikovsky was the guest conductor.
  • Day 5-5 year 1925: John Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwinism.
  • Day 5-5 year 1961: Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
  • Day 5-5 year 1981: Bobby Sands of the Irish Republican Army died in a prison hospital on the 66th day of his hunger strike.
  • Day 5-5 year 2004: Pablo Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" became the most expensive painting ever sold.
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