Regolo Ricci
He was born in Italy and came to Canada as a young child. He is best known for his work as a children's book illustrator, and he was nominated for the Canada Council for the Arts Governor General's Award for Children's Book Illustration in 2000. Ricci and the writer Michael Bedard created picture book editions of literary fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, namely "The Nightingale" and "The Tinder Box" (1835 and 1843, Danish language).
Regolo Ricci
- Born
- 1955
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- illustrator
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He was born in Italy and came to Canada as a young child. He is best known for his work as a children's book illustrator, and he was nominated for the Canada Council for the Arts Governor General's Award for Children's Book Illustration in 2000. Ricci and the writer Michael Bedard created picture book editions of literary fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, namely "The Nightingale" and "The Tinder Box" (1835 and 1843, Danish language).
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They won the annual IODE Ontario Children's Book Award (now Jean Thorp Award) for The Nightingale in 1991. Ricci's earliest book listed in the WorldCat catalogue is The Lightning Bolt, another picture book written by Bedard, which was published by Oxford University Press in 1989. The Market Wedding (2000), written by Cary Fagan, is "based on an old Yiddish tale". It was a runner-up for the Sydney Taylor Book Award and Ricci was one of five nominees for the Governor General's Award in children's literature illustration that year.
• The Lightning Bolt (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1989), picture book written by Michael Bedard, • The Tinder Box (OUP, 1990), adapted by Bedard from Hans Christian Andersen, • The Nightingale (OUP, 1991), by Bedard from Andersen, • The Market Wedding (Tundra Books, 2000), by Cary Fagan; 2014 Groundwood Books edition,
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation illustrator. The Continence of Scipio is dated c. The record continues: a Capriccio with Horses Watering in a River Outside a Walled Town is dated c. Recorded with the gender male. It is also recorded that regolo Ricci was born on 1 January 1955. It is also recorded that regolo Ricci is recorded as human.
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- 1."Regolo Ricci: Paintings and Illustrations" (homepage). Regolo Ricci (regoloricci.com). Archived 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- 2.Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Governor General Lit Award nominees mirror Giller's. CBC News. October 25, 2000.
- 3.au: "regolo ricci" (search report). WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
- 4."IODE Children's Book Award". Literary Awards in Canada, 1923–2000. Litawards.library.mun.ca. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
- 5.au: "michael bedard" (search report). WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
- 6."The Market Wedding". Review by Leslie A. Kimmelman. Jewish Book Council. 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
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