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Alois Carigiet (1902-1985) was a Swiss artist, stage designer, decorator, book illustrator, and the first winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Prize. Alois Carigiet was born in the Swiss town of Trun, into a large farming family — he was the seventh of eleven children. He lived on a farm […]
Swiss artist Alois Carigiet was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, the most prestigious award in the field, for his contribution to the development of children’s literature. The category for illustrators was introduced in 1966, ten years after the prize was founded, and Carigiet became its first laureate. In fact, […]