MICHAEL FOREMAN
English author and illustrator (1938)
Biography:
Michael Foreman was born in Suffolk in 1938. He has illustrated more than thirty of his own books and over a hundred by authors as varied as Shakespeare, J.M. Barrie or the Brothers Grimm.
He has established a reputation as one of the world's leading illustrators and has won numerous prizes including the Smarties Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Francis Williams Prize and the Aigle d'Argent at the Festival International du Livre in France. His works have been translated in many countries.
Michael Foreman, author of illustrated works:
One World, Andersen Press, 1990.
Jack's Fantastic Voyage, Andersen Press, 1992.
Granfather's pencil and the Room of Stories, Andersen Press, 1993.
Dad! I can't Sleep, Andersen Press, 1994.
Works illustrated by Michael Foreman:
Roald Dahl, The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka, Puffin Books, 1990.
Michael Morpurgo, Arthur: High King of Britain, Harcourt Brace, 1995.
Michael Morpurgo, The Rainbow Beras, Doubleday, 1998.
Michael Morpurgo, farm Boy, HarperCollins, 1999.
Michael Morpurgo, Billy the Kid, Pavillion Books, 2000.
Shakespeare Stories (Romeo and Juliette, Hamlet, The Tempest...), narrated by Léon Garfield, Boston :Houghton Mifflin, 1991.