During the later part of this period, Lionni devoted himself more and more to advertising design. In 1935 he received a degree in economics from the University of Genoa. Leo Lionni died October 11, 1999, at his home in Tuscany, Italy, at the age of 89.įrom 1931 to 1939, he was a well-known and respected painter in Italy, where he worked in the Futurism and avant-garde styles. He married Nora Maffi, the daughter of Fabrizio Maffi, a founder of the Italian Communist Party, and they had two sons, Louis and Paolo, grandchildren Pippo and Annie and Sylvan, and great-grandchildren Madeline, Luca, Sam, Nick, Alix, Henry and Theo. His father was assigned to an office in Italy part way through Leo's time in high school. His father worked as an accountant and his mother was an opera singer. Lionni was born in Amsterdam but spent two years in Philadelphia before moving to Italy during his teens. In 1962, his book Inch by Inch was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. He returned to Italy in 1962 and started writing and illustrating children's books. Born in the Netherlands, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art director for several advertising agencies, and then for Fortune magazine. Leo Lionni (– October 11, 1999) was an Italian-American writer and illustrator of children's books. Graphic designer, illustrator, painter, designer
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