Nonny Hogrogian (born May 7, 1932) is an

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writer and illustrator, known best for

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. She has won two annual

Caldecott Medal The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Service ...

s for U.S. children's book illustrations. Since childhood she prefers folk and fairy tales, poetry, fantasy and stories.

Biography

Hogrogian was born in

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to parents born in

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. Her parents were amateur painters and her sister became an interior designer. Hogrogian earned a B.A. in Fine Arts from

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in 1953. Afterward, Hogrogian worked as a

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; studied with Antonio Frasconi and

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, and studied art at the New School. In 1960, Crowell published her first works in the book, ''King of the Kerry Fair'', by Nicolete Meredith, which Hogrogian illustrated with

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. Subsequently she has worked as a designer at Holt and Scribner's and as a freelance illustrator. In 1971 Hogrogian married

David Kherdian David Kherdian (born 1931) is an Armenian-American writer, poet, and editor. He is known best for ''The Road from Home'' (Greenwillow Books, 1979), based on his mother's childhood—cataloged as biography by some libraries, as fiction by others. ...

, a writer and editor. For two years they lived in

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, where he was the state "poet-in-the-schools." The state university library is one repository for their works (in a joint collection). Hogrogian has illustrated some of his poetic anthologies and other works for publication.

Awards

Hogrogian won the

for illustration in 1966 and 1972. The American Library Association award annually recognizes the previous year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". '' Always Room for One More'' was written by Sorche Nic Leodhas and published by

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in 1965. ''One Fine Day'', an old

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tale that she retold and illustrated, was published by

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in 1971. Hogrogian received a Caldecott Honor in 1977 for ''The Contest'', another story she retold and illustrated.

Works

Books

*'' Always Room for One More'' *'' Cool Cat'' *''

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'' *'' One Fine Day'' *'' Ghosts Go Haunting (Illustrator)''

References

External links

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Always room for one more
(first edition), Library of Congress Catalog Record
One fine day
(first edition), LC Catalog Record * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogrogian, Nonny 1932 births American children's writers American women illustrators American children's book illustrators Caldecott Medal winners American people of Armenian descent Hunter College alumni Writers from New York City Living people 21st-century American women