Trina Schart Hyman Born: 8-Apr-1939 Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA Died: 19-Nov-2004 Location of death: Lebanon, NH Cause of death: Cancer - Breast
Gender: Female Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Bisexual Occupation: Artist Nationality: United States Executive summary: Children's book illustrator Educated at Philadelphia College of Art, and Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. Hyman lived in Sweden for two years in the 1960s and attended art college there as well. While she was there, Astrid Lindgren offered her a job illustrating a children's book. In all, Hyman has illustrated over one hundred children's books, primarily fairy tales. She has lived in New Hampshire for over thirty years. Father: Albert H. Schart Mother: Margaret Doris Bruck Husband: Harris Hyman (engineer, m. 1959, div. 1968) Daughter: Katrin Tchana (b. 1963)
University: Philadelphia Museum College of Art (attended 1956-59) University: Boston Museum School of Fine Arts (1960) University: Swedish State Art School, Stockholm, Sweden
Caldecott Medal 1984 for Saint George and the Dragon German Ancestry
Risk Factors: Smoking, Arthritis
Illustrated books:
The Sleeping Beauty, 1977, AUTHOR: Trina Schart Hyman, DETAILS: Little Brown & Co.
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