Quentin was the inaugural Children's Laureate (1999-2001), an experience he recorded in his book Laureate's Progress. In the most recent New Year’s Honours list he has been knighted. A tireless promoter of children's literature – and a long-time collaborator with roald Dahl – Quentin Blake was awarded the OBE in 1988 and in 2005 he was awarded a CBE for services to Children's Literature. He is also the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration and in 1990 was voted 'The Illustrator's Illustrator' by Observer Magazine. He has won many major prizes for illustration, including the Kate Greenaway Medal (1980) and the Red House Children's Book Award (1981) for Mister Magnolia.
Quentin Blake was born in 1932 and read English at Cambridge, before attending Chelsea Art College.
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