Kate Greenaway
Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (17 March 1846 – 6 November 1901) was a children's book illustrator and writer. Her first book, Under The Window (1879) was a best-seller.
| Kate Greenaway | |
|---|---|
| |
| Kate Greenaway | |
| Born | 17 March 1846 Hoxton, London, England |
| Died | 6 November 1901 (aged 55) Frognal, London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Field | Children's Literature |
| Training | Heatherley School of Fine Art |
The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded every year by the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals to an illustrator of children's books.
Greenaway died of breast cancer in 1901 at the age of 55. She is buried in Hampstead Cemetery, London.
Kate Greenaway Media
Title page of Under the Window (1879)
Pencil drawing of John Greenaway at work, by Birket Foster
Artist Kate Greenaway at 16
The house in Frognal built for Kate Greenaway by Richard Norman Shaw
The Cherry Woman - Kate Greenaway - 62 1924 118
The Garden Seat - Kate Greenaway - 62 1924 111
Girl wearing a hat and a pale green dress with light blue gloves, slippers and ribbons
Polly from The Queen of the Pirate Isle, by Bret Harte
,_wood-engraver._By_Birket_Foster,_R.W.S.jpg)
.jpg)
