Jagdish Joshi
Indian children's book illustrator (1937–2016)
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Jagdish Joshi (1937 – 2016)[1] was an Indian children's book illustrator.[2][3] Born in 1937, he studied fine arts at the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Dum Dum, Kolkata, and later worked for the Hindustan Times and Children's Book Trust.[4] He also illustrated several books for the National Book Trust and remained "one of most sought after" illustrators in children's literature in India through the 1990s.[5]
In 1998, Joshi was a nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, a biennial international award given by the International Board on Books for Young People in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children's literature".[6][7]
Work
- The Kaziranga Trail by Arup Kumar Dutta (1978)
- South Indian Legends by Maya Thomas and Alaka Shankar (Children's Book Trust, 1980)
- Barber at the Zoo by Pratibha Nath (Children's Book Trust, 1984)
- How Munia Found Gold by Jagdish Joshi (National Book Trust, 1984)
- A Voice in the Jungle by Jagdish Joshi (National Book Trust, 1986)
- Search by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (1991)
- One Day by Jagdish Joshi (National Book Trust, 1999)
- Playing Together by Bharat Bhushan Agarwal and Bindu Agarwal (National Book Trust India , 2005)