William Steig
William Steig (born November 14, 1907 in New York City , † October 3, 2003 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American cartoonist and children's book author. He is the father of jazz flutist Jeremy Steig .
Life
He never wanted to grow up, which he expressed in over two dozen children's books . Before that, Steig had become the king of cartoons . The New Yorker bought his first drawing in 1930, and 117 covers followed. The Picasso lover achieved his greatest success at the beginning of the nineties: Steig invented the green, bad-tempered monster Shrek , which later became the hero of a very successful cartoon series. Shortly before his death, his celebrated picture book on the story of creation , written in 1984, was reissued: Yellow and Pink . Despite all the fame, children remained his favorite customers.
Works
- 1932, Man About Town
- 1939, About People: A book of symbolical drawings by William Steig
- 1941, How to Become Extinct (text by Will Cuppy; illustrations by Steig)
- 1942, The Lonely Ones
- 1944, All Embarrassed
- 1944, Small Fry
- 1945, Persistent Faces
- 1946, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (Text Eric Hodgins; Illust. Steig) (Eng. Mr Blandings builds his dream house: Roman , Berlin-Grunewald, FA Herbig, 1951)
- 1947, Till Death Do Us Part: Some Ballet Notes on Marriage
- 1948, Listen, Little Man! (Text Wilhelm Reich ; Illust. Steig) (Orig. Speech to the little man , 1945)
- 1950, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (Text Will Cuppy, Editor Fred Feldkamp; Illust. Steig)
- 1950, The Agony in the Kindergarten
- 1950, Giggle Box: Funny Stories for Boys and Girls (Ed. Phyllis R. Fenner; new Illust. Steig)
- 1951, The Rejected Lovers
- 1953, Dreams of Glory and other drawings
- 1963, Continuous Performance
- 1968, CDB! (New York: Windmill Books) - picture book
- 1968, Roland the Minstrel Pig (German Roland, the traveling singer , Reinbek: Carlsen, 1974)
- 1969 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (dt. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble , Carlsen, 1972)
- 1969, The Bad Island (also 1984, Rotten Island ) (German: Die Dracheninsel , Recklinghausen: Bitter, 1972)
- 1970, Bad Speller
- 1970, Eye for Elephants
- 1970, Lonely Ones
- 1971, Amos & Boris (German Amos and Boris , Munich: Heyne, 1972)
- 1972, Dominic (German Dominic , Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1992)
- 1972, Male / Female
- 1973, The Real Thief (Ger. The true thief , Gerst., 1998)
- 1974, Farmer Palmer's Wagon Ride (German farmer Schlauer drives to the city , Boje-Verlag, 1978)
- 1976, Abel's Island (German: A mouse from a good house , Stuttgart: Boje-Verlag, 1978; Abels Insel , Gerst., 1993)
- 1976, The Amazing Bone
- 1977, Caleb + Kate (German: Kaleb and Käthe , Zurich: Diogenes-Verlag, 1980)
- 1978, Tiffky Doofky (German Tiffky Duffky , Diogenes-Verlag, 1981)
- 1979, drawings
- 1980, Gorky Rises ( Gerst. Gorky takes off , Gerst., 1991)
- 1982, Doctor De Soto (German Doctor De Soto , Düsseldorf: Hoch, 1983)
- 1984, CDC?
- 1984, Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa (German Doctor De Soto goes to Africa , Gerst., 1993)
- 1984, Ruminations
- 1984, Yellow & Pink (German Yellow and Pink , Gerst., 2000)
- 1985, Solomon: The Rusty Nail (Ger. Solomon, der rostige Nagel , Gerst., 1992)
- 1986, Brave Irene ( Ger.Irene creates it , Gerst., 1993)
- 1987, The Zabajaba Jungle
- 1988, Spinky Sulks (German Spinki moves out , Gerst., 1991)
- 1988, Consider the Lemming (Text Jeanne Steig, Illust. W. Steig)
- 1990, The Old Testament Made Easy (recounted by Jeanne Steig, Illust. W. Steig)
- 1990, Shrek! (Eng. Shrek ! , Gerst., 1991)
- 1990, Our Miserable Life
- 1992, Strutters & Fretters, or, The Inescapable Self
- 1992, Alpha Beta Chowder (Text Jeanne Steig, Illust. W. Steig)
- 1994, Zeke Pippin (German Egbert and the harmonica , Gerst., 1997)
- 1995, Grown-ups Get to Do All the Driving (Eng.Adults do what they want , Gerst., 1996)
- 1996, The Toy Brother (Ger. The magic potion , Gerst., 1997)
- 1997, Toby, Where Are You? (Text William Steig, Illust. Teryl Euvremer)
- 1998, A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales (retold by Jeanne Steig, Illust. W. Steig)
- 1998, Pete's a Pizza (German Pizza-Piet , Gerst., 1999)
- 1999, The Flying Latke (text Arthur Yorinks , Illust. Steig)
- 2000, Made for Each Other
- 2000, Wizzil (text William Steig, Illustr. Quentin Blake )
- 2001, A Gift from Zeus: Sixteen Favorite Myths (retold Jeanne Steig, Illust. W. Steig)
- 2001, Sick of Each Other
- 2002, Potch & Polly (text William Steig, Illust. Jon Agee)
- 2002, Which Would You Rather Be? (Text William Steig, Illust. Harry Bliss)
- 2003, When Everybody Wore a Hat
- 2003, Yellow & Pink (new format)
- 2004, Heart and Humor: The Picture Book Art of William Steig (Text Jane Bayard Curley, et al.), Amherst: Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
- 2007, The Art of William Steig (text Claudia J. Nahson, et al.), New York: Jewish Museum
- 2011, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies, & Clowns: The Lost Art of William Steig (Text Jeanne Steig), New York: Abrams ComicArts
literature
- Susanne Klingenstein : Then I'd rather draw monsters: How a satirist became a children's book author: New York honors the illustrator William Steig , in: FAZ , November 14, 2007
Web links
- Literature by and about William Steig in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by William Steig at perlentaucher.de
- William Steig in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Publisher's website for William Steig
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://worldcat.org/oclc/22619882
- ↑ http://worldcat.org/oclc/55075564
- ↑ http://lccn.loc.gov/2007009254
- ↑ http://lccn.loc.gov/2010041853
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Go up, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cartoonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 2003 |
| Place of death | Boston , Massachusetts |