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William Steig /ˈstaɪɡ/[2] (November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name, as well as others that included Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988.[3]

William Steig
Steig in 1944
Born	(1907-11-14)November 14, 1907 New York City, U.S.
Died	October 3, 2003(2003-10-03) (aged 95) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Illustrator, writer
Years active	1930–2003
Notable work	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Doctor De Soto Shrek!
Spouses	Elizabeth Mead Steig ​ ​ (m. 1936; div. 1949)​ Kari Homestead ​ ​ (m. 1950; div. 1963)​ Stephanie Healey ​ ​ (m. 1964⁠–⁠1966)​ Jeanne Doron ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	3; including Jeremy[1]
Parent(s)	Joseph Steig, Laura Ebel Steig
Awards	Caldecott Medal 1970 National Book Award 1983 CINE Golden Eagle 1984

Early life

Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Lemberg, Austria-Hungary; both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig,[4] was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio. In addition to his artistic endeavors, he also did well at athletics, being a member of the collegiate All-American water polo team. He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Art before dropping out of each.[5]

Career

Hailed as the "King of Cartoons",[6] Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. One of his cartoon characters, Poor Pitiful Pearl, was made into a popular line of dolls starting in 1956.[7]

Later, when he was 61, Steig began writing children's books.[8] In 1968, he published his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal.[9] He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor De Soto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel.[10]

When asked his opinion about the movie based on his picture book Shrek, William Steig responded: “It’s vulgar, it’s disgusting — and I loved it.”[11]

In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor De Soto, directed by Michael Sporn, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Also in 1984, Steig received the CINE Golden Eagle Award in Education[12] for the film adaptation of this book.

Personal life and death

Steig married four times and had three children. From 1936 to 1949, Steig was married to educator and artist Elizabeth Mead Steig (1909–1983, sister of anthropologist Margaret Mead),[13] from whom he was later divorced. For a time, Steig lived at 75½ Bedford Street, purported to be the narrowest house in Manhattan.[14] Steig's first marriage also made him a brother-in-law of Leo Rosten[13] and an uncle of Mary Catherine Bateson.[15] Steig and Mead were the parents of jazz flutist Jeremy Steig (playing the Pied Piper in Shrek Forever After)[16] and a daughter, Lucinda. He married second wife Kari Homestead in 1950, and they had a daughter, Margit Laura (now professionally known as Maggie Steig).[17] After their divorce, he was married to Stephanie Healey from 1964 to 1966. His final marriage, to Jeanne Doron, endured for the rest of his life.

His brother Irwin was a journalist and painter, for whom William illustrated two books on poker strategy. His brother Henry was a jeweler and a writer who played the saxophone and painted. And his brother Arthur was a writer and poet, who, according to Steig, read The Nation in the cradle, was telepathic and "drew as well as Picasso or Matisse".[18]

Steig died of natural causes in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 3, 2003, aged 95.[19] Shrek 2, which was released seven months after his death, was dedicated to his memory.[4]

Works

• 1932, Man About Town (New York: R. Long & R.R. Smith)
• 1939, About People: A book of symbolical drawings by William Steig (Random House)
• 1941, How to Become Extinct (Farrar & Rinehart), written by Will Cuppy, illustrated by Steig
• 1942, The Lonely Ones (Duell, Sloan and Pearce)
• 1944, All Embarrassed (Duell S&P)
• 1944, Small Fry (Duell S&P)
• 1945, Persistent Faces (Duell S&P)
• 1946, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (Simon & Schuster) by Eric Hodgins
• 1947, Till Death Do Us Part: Some ballet notes on marriage (Duell S&P)
• 1948, Listen, Little Man! (Orgone Institute Press) by Wilhelm Reich – translated from the German-language essay "Rede an den kleinen Mann", 1945
• 1950, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy
• 1950, The Agony in the Kindergarten (Duell S&P)
• 1950, Giggle Box: Funny Stories for Boys and Girls (Alfred A. Knopf), compiled by Phyllis R. Fenner, newly illustrated by Steig
• 1951, The Rejected Lovers (Knopf)
• 1953, Dreams of Glory and other drawings (Knopf)
• 1959, Poker for Fun and Profit (McDowell, Obolensky, 1959), written by Irwin Steig, illustrated by William Steig
• 1963, Common Sense in Poker (Cornerstone, 1963), written by Irwin Steig, illustrated by William Steig
• 1963, Continuous Performance (Duell S&P)

From this time, Steig primarily created children's picture books.

• 1968, CDB! (Windmill Books) – picture book
• 1968, Roland the Minstrel Pig (Windmill)
• 1969, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Windmill) — NBA finalist[20]
• 1969, The Bad Island (Windmill); reissued as Rotten Island (D. R. Godine, 1984)[21]

References

External links

• William Steig at publisher Macmillan US
• Obituary: William Steig 1907–2003 at The Comics Reporter
• From The New Yorker to 'Shrek: The Art of William Steig, 2007–2008 exhibition at The Jewish Museum of New York
• William Steig at Library of Congress Authorities, with 107 catalog records
• William Steig at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

На других языках

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[de] William Steig

William Steig (* 14. November 1907 in New York City; † 3. Oktober 2003 in Boston, Massachusetts) war ein US-amerikanischer Cartoonzeichner und Kinderbuchautor. Er ist der Vater des Jazzflötisten Jeremy Steig.

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- [en] William Steig

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[es] William Steig

William "Bill" Steig (Brooklyn, Nueva York; 14 de noviembre de 1907-Boston, 3 de octubre de 2003) fue un caricaturista estadounidense, escultor y autor de literatura infantil. En este último rubro mencionado, es destacado en Estados Unidos por sus obras Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Sylvester y el guijarro mágico), Abel's Island (La isla de Abel) y Doctor De Soto. Pero su obra más importante y conocida mundialmente en la cultura popular es la de Shrek!, que inspiró a DreamWorks a crear la saga homónima, cuya última entrega, Shrek Forever After, se lanzó en el 2010.

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[fr] William Steig

William Steig, né le 14 novembre 1907 à New York, mort le 3 octobre 2003 à Boston, est un prolifique auteur américain, de bande dessinée, puis de littérature d'enfance et de jeunesse. Il est le père du flûtiste de jazz Jeremy Steig.

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[it] William Steig

William Steig (New York, 14 novembre 1907 – Boston, 3 ottobre 2003) è stato un illustratore, scultore e scrittore statunitense, specializzato nella letteratura per ragazzi. Nel 1990 ha scritto il libro Shrek!, che ha dato origine all'omonimo franchise legato a film d'animazione, musical e videogiochi.

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[ru] Стейг, Уильям

Уильям Стейг (Стайг[2]; англ. William Steig; 14 ноября 1907, Нью-Йорк, — 3 октября 2003, Бостон) — американский художник-мультипликатор, график, скульптор и писатель, автор многих книг для детей и юношества. Среди них — «Шрек!» (Shrek!, 1990), по которому была снята знаменитая мультипликационная серия, а также «Доктор Де Сото (Doctor De Soto)», «Остров Абеля (Abel’s Island)», «Сильвестр и магический кристалл (Sylvester and the Magic Pebble)» и другие.

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