Jan Pieńkowski

Jan Michał Pieńkowski was a Polish-born British author of children's books—as illustrator, as writer, and as designer of movable books. He is best known for illustrating the Meg and Mog picture book series. He also designed for the theatre. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was UK nominee in 1982 and again in 2008 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. ^{Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator (d. 2022)}

8 August 1936

Born on the same birth date (8 August 1936): Frank Howard (baseball)

Born on the same birth day (8 August): Anton Fig • Arthur Bernardes • Arthur Goldberg • Ben G. Davis • Benny Carter • Chester Williams • Dennis Canavan • Hur Jin-ho • John Gustafson (musician) • Karim Walid • Katie Leung • Károly Reich • Ladislas Starevich • Marcelo Balboa • Nicolas Vogondy • Paul Dirac • Rashard Lewis • Shane Lee

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