Elizabeth Ann Mrazik Cleaver (February 7, 1939 – July 27, 1985) was a Canadian illustrator and writer of children's books. For her contribution as a children's illustrator she was a highly commended runner-up for the biennial, international
Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1972.
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Two of her books ''The Wind Has Wings: Poems from Canada'' and ''The Loon's Necklace'' were recognized with the ]Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award was presented annually by the Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques (CLA) to an outstanding illustrator of a new Canadian children's book. The book must be "suita ...
for the outstanding illustrations in Canadian children's literature. Shortly before her death, the Library and Archives of Canada acquired the original illustrations for eleven of Cleaver's thirteen books so that they would be preserved for future generations. Original artwork was also donated to the Toronto Public Library'
Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books
An award for illustrators of Canadian children's literature Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award is named in her honor.
Awards
*1971 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award for ''The Wind Has Wings: Poems from Canada''
*1972 Hans Christian Andersen Certificate of Honor from IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) for ''The Wind Has Wings: Poems from Canada'', ''The Mountain Goats of Temlaham'', and ''How Summer Came to Canada''
*1974 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award for ''The Miraculous Hind''
*1978 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for ''The Loon's Necklace''
*1980 Canada Council Children's Literature Prize, English language, illustration, for ''Petrouchka''
*1982 Hans Christian Andersen Certificate of Honour from IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) for ''Petrouchka''
See also
References
External links
* Archives of Elizabeth Cleave
(Elizabeth Cleaver fonds, R11720)
are held at Library and Archives Canada
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1939 births
1985 deaths
Anglophone Quebec people
Canadian children's writers
Canadian children's book illustrators
Canadian women novelists
Canadian women children's writers
Writers from Montreal
20th-century Canadian novelists
20th-century Canadian women writers
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