Gabi Swiatkowska

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Gabi Swiatkowska
BornTychy, Poland
OccupationIllustrator, musician
Alma mater Cooper Union School of Art
Period2001–present
Genre Children's picture books
Notable works
  • Infinity and Me, My Name is Yoon
Notable awards American Library Association Notable Children's Books
2013 and 2004
Children1

Gabi Swiatkowska (born 1970) is a Polish-born artist, musician, and children's author and illustrator. She has shown up twice on the ALA Notable Book Award list. One of the books that she illustrated, My Name Is Yoon, won the Ezra Jack Keats Award [1] and is on the New York Public Library's list of 100 Great Children's Books [2]

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Life and career

Swiatkowska was born in Tychy, Poland. At fourteen she entered the Lyceum of Art in Bielsko-Biala, and at sixteen she immigrated to New York City, where she attended Cooper Union School of Art. [3] She is the illustrator of fifteen children's books, including A Not Scary Story About Big Scary Things by the poet C.K. Williams, [4] and the author and illustrator of one, Queen on Wednesday. [5] The book she illustrated Infinity and Me was a 2013 ALA Notable Children's Book, [6] and was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2012. [7]

Swiatkowska lives in the south of France. She frequently exhibits her paintings and sculptures throughout France, [8] [9] and she was also singer, songwriter and upright bass player in the acoustic string band quartet Tildon Krautz. [10]

Awards

Awards for Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford, illustrated by Swiatkowska

Awards for My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvitz, illustrated by Swiatkowska

Other Awards

Published Books

Books Written and Illustrated

Books Illustrated

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References

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  2. ↑ New York Public Library. "100 Great Children's Books | 100 Years" . Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ Macmillan Publishers. "Gabi Swiatkowska".
  4. 1 2 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. "A Not Scary Story About Big Scary Things" . Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ Tildon Design. "List of Gabi's Books" . Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Lerner Publishing Group. "Book Details" . Retrieved March 28, 2014.
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