Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg · Converts to Judaism
Children's author and illustrator of 'Jumanji' and 'The Polar Express', twice awarded the Caldecott Medal; converted to Judaism
18 juin 1949, Grand Rapids, Michigan, États-Unis
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Origins and early life
Chris Van Allsburg was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to a Dutch-American family, read sculpture at the University of Michigan and took a master's degree in sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1975.
Work and career
He was drawing at home between studio work when his wife Lisa judged the sketches right for children's books and showed them to an editor, who commissioned The Garden of Abdul Gasazi in 1979 — a Caldecott runner-up the following year. He then won the Caldecott Medal twice, for Jumanji in 1981 and for The Polar Express in 1985, both of which he wrote as well as illustrated and both of which became films; in 1986 he was the United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international distinction for creators of children's books.
On marrying Lisa he converted to Judaism, her faith. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and has written or illustrated some twenty books.
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Children's author and illustrator of 'Jumanji' and 'The Polar Express', twice awarded the Caldecott Medal; converted to Judaism
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