Nonny hogrogian biography examples
Nonny hogrogian biography examples
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Nonny Hogrogian
American illustrator and writer (1932–2024)
May "Nonny" Hogrogian (May 7, 1932 – May 9, 2024) was an American writer and illustrator, known best for children'spicture books.
She won two annual Caldecott Medals for U.S. children's book illustrations. From childhood she preferred folk and fairy tales, poetry, fantasy and stories.
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The New York Times attributes her for bringing multiculturalism to children's literature by evoking her Armenian heritage.[1] Another children's author describes her approach to American culture as that of a patchwork quilt, rather than a melting pot.
Biography
Hogrogian was born in New York City on May 7, 1932, to Mugerdich and Rakel (née Ansoorian) Hogrogian, who were born in Armenia and fled the Armenian genocide.[2] Her parents were amateur painters and her sister became an interior designer.[3] Hogrogian earned a B.A.
in Fine Arts from Hunter College in 1953. Afterward, Hogrogian worked as a book