Eric Carle
Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?.
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- Born in
- Syracuse
- Educated at
- Leibniz-GymnasiumState Academy of Fine Arts StuttgartAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg🏆 Regina Medal🏆 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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1929
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Birth2021
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