Peter Sís

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Peter Sís (2009)

Peter Sís (born May 11, 1949 in Brno ) is an American picture book artist and animator of Czech origin.

Sís studied from 1968 to 1974 at the University of Applied Arts in Prague . During the Prague Spring 1968 he ran his own beat and rock music radio program and produced illustrations for a political student magazine. In 1976 the first book illustrations were made of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales . In 1977 he studied at the Royal College of Art in London . During a work stay in the USA in 1984, Sís decided not to return to his homeland. In the same year, the poster design for the film originated Amadeus by Milos Forman .

In 2003 he was a MacArthur Fellow .

Works

Selection in German translation
  • Follow your dream. The incredible story of Christopher Columbus. Translated from the English by Michael Krüger . Hanser Verlag, Munich 1992.
  • The little whale and the sea. Pestalozzi Children's Foundation (Foundation Secretariat), Zurich 2000.
  • Komodo. Where the little dragons live. Translated from the English by Michael Krüger. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1994.
  • The three golden keys. Translated from the English by Michael Krüger. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 978-3-446-18318-6 .
  • The messenger of the stars. A picture book about the life of the famous natural scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and physicist Galileo Galilei. Translated from the English by Tatjana Michaelis. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 978-3-446-18689-7 .
  • The incredible story of Jan Welzl. Translated from the English by Michael Krüger. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-446-18450-3 .
  • Tibet. The secret of the red box. Translated from the English by Michael Krüger. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1998.
  • Rhino rainbow. Translated from the English by Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-446-19735-0 .
  • Madlenka. Translated from the English by Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3-446-19887-6 .
  • The tree of life. A picture book about the life of Charles Darwin, naturalist, geologist and thinker. From the English by Hartmut Schickert. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-446-20523-9 .
  • The wall. What it was like to grow up behind the Iron Curtain. Translated from the English by Michael Krüger. Hanser Verlag, Munich [u. a.] 2007, ISBN 978-3-446-20892-6 .
  • The conference of birds. Translated from the English by Brigitte Jakobeit. Aladin, Hamburg 2013.

Awards

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Commons : Petr Sís  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Sís, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sís, Petr (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak, American picture book artist and animator
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno