Jagdish Joshi

This article is about an Indian children's book illustrator. For Gujarati poet, see Jagdish Joshi (poet).

Jagdish Joshi (1937–2016) was an Indian children's book illustrator.[1][2] Born in 1937, he studied fine arts at the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Dum Dum, Kolkata, and later worked for the Hindustan Times and Children's Book Trust.[3] He also illustrated several books for the National Book Trust and remained "one of most sought after" illustrators in children's literature in India through the 1990s.[4]

In 1998, Joshi was a nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, a biennial international award given by the International Board on Books for Young People in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children's literature".[5][6]

Work

References

  1. ^ Khorana, Meena (1991). The Indian subcontinent in literature for children and young adults. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 160. ISBN 0313254893.
  2. ^ Peter Hunt (2004). International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Routledge. p. 800. ISBN 0203168127.
  3. ^ Zipes, Jack David (2006). The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature. Oxford University Press. p. 337. ISBN 0195146565.
  4. ^ Amit Dasgupta; Indian Council for Cultural Relations (1995). Telling tales: children's literature in India. Taylor & Francis. p. 72. ISBN 812240748X.
  5. ^ H.W. Wilson Company (1999). Library literature & information science. H.W. Wilson Co. p. 148.
  6. ^ "2005 India". www.ibby.org. International Board on Books For Young People. Retrieved 26 April 2015.