Jagdish Joshi
Actor
Jagdish Joshi (born 1937-2016) is an Indian childrens book illustrator. Born 1937, he studied fine arts at the Indian College Of Arts And Draftsmanship, Dum Dum, Kolkata and later worked for the Hindustan Times and Childrens Book Trust. He also illustrated several books for the National Book Trust, and remained one of most sought after illustrators in childrens literature in India, through the 1990s.In 1998, he was a nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, sometimes known as the Nobel Prize for childrens literature, is an international award given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) in recognition of a lasting contribution to childrens literature.
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