Jaromír Zápal (March 18, 1923, in Brandýs nad Orlicí – December 5, 1984, in

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) was a Czech illustrator, painter and writer. He is mainly known as an illustrator of children books. Zápal studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (''Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová'') in

. Later he worked as a graphics art editor for publishing houses ''Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy'' (SNDK), which in 1969 became ''Albatros, publishers for children and youth'', i. e. specializing on children and youth literature. Among his most known works are the rendition of Winnie the Pooh (first published in 1958) and illustrations for the Neznaika trilogy by Nikolai Nosov (first published in 1957, 1961 and 1976). Zápal also wrote and illustrated several child books (the last being published posthumously in 1986).

Literature

* František Holešovský, Blanka Stehlíková, Luboš Hlaváček: ''Čeští ilustrátoři v současné knize pro děti a mládež'' (''Czech illustrators in contemporary literature for children and the youth''), Albatros, Prague, 1989.

External links

Short biography with selection of works
(in Czech)
Books by Jaromír Zápal
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