Jagdish Joshi (1937–2016) was an Indian children's book illustrator. Born in 1937, he studied
fine art
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s at the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship,
Dum Dum
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Etymology
During the 19th ...
, Kolkata, and later worked for the ''
Hindustan Times
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It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...
'' and
Children's Book Trust
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. He also illustrated several books for the
National Book Trust and remained "one of most sought after" illustrators in children's literature in India through the 1990s.
In 1998, Joshi was a nominee for the
Hans Christian Andersen Award
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, a biennial international award given by the
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IBBY history
In 1952, Jella Lepm ...
in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children's literature".
Work
*
The Kaziranga Trail' by
Arup Kumar Dutta (1978)
* ''South Indian Legends'' by Maya Thomas and Alaka Shankar (Children's Book Trust, 1980)
* ''Barber at the Zoo'' by Pratibha Nath (Children's Book Trust, 1984)
*
How Munia Found Gold' by Jagdish Joshi (National Book Trust, 1984)
*
A Voice in the Jungle' by Jagdish Joshi (National Book Trust, 1986)
* ''Search'' by
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (1991)
*
One Day' by Jagdish Joshi (National Book Trust, 1999)
* ''Playing Together'' by
Bharat Bhushan Agarwal and Bindu Agarwal (National Book Trust India , 2005)
References
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Indian illustrators
1937 births
Living people
Indian children's book illustrators
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati