William Steig (November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003) was a prolific American cartoonist, sculptor and, later in life, an author of popular children's literature. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining until the end of the year. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A cartoonist at work. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Steig was born in New York City to Polish-Jewish immigrants 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 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, but never completed college, though he attended three of them, 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 Fine Arts before dropping out of each. Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Art by Fritz Kredel (1900-73) The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le Avventure di Pinocchio) is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi. ... Water polo is a team water sport, which can be best described as a combination of swimming, football (soccer), basketball, ice hockey, rugby and wrestling. ... Townsend Harris High School is a public magnet high school for the humanities in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as City) is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. ... The National Academy of Design, in New York City, now called simply The National Academy, is an honorary association of American artists, with a museum and a school of fine arts. ... Yale redirects here. ...

When his family became caught in financial problems during the Great Depression, he began drawing cartoons as a freelance artist, and sold his first cartoon to the New Yorker in 1930. He soon became quite successful, and over the coming decades, he would publish over 1600 cartoons in the magazine, including 117 of its covers, leading Newsweek to dub him the "King of Cartoons." The Great Depression an economic downturn which started in 1929 (although its effects were not fully felt until late 1930) and lasted through most of the 1930s. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry, and fiction. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ...

Steig was one of 250 sculptors who exhibited in the 3rd Sculpture International held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the summer of 1949. 3rd Sculpture International was an exhibition of sculpture that included works from 250 sculptors from around the world. ... The Philadelphia Museum of Art, located at the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphias Fairmount Park, was founded in 1876 in conjunction with the Centennial Exposition of the same year and is now among the largest and most important art museums in the United States. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...

In his 60s, he decided to try his hand at another artistic endeavor, and in 1968 wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1970), won the prestigious Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than thirty children's books, including famously the Doctor DeSoto series, continuing to write into his 90s. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for a widely successful computer-animated film of the same name. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1970) is a childrens picture book written and illustrated by William Steig. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. ... Doctor DeSoto (ISBN 0-374-41810-1) is a 1982 book by William Steig that won a Newbery Honor. ... Shrek! is a picture book written by William Steig, about a young ogre who finds the ogre of his dreams when he leaves home to see the world. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about a film. ...

From 1936-1949, he was married to Elizabeth Mead Steig, who was the sister of anthropologist Margaret Mead. They were the parents of jazz flutist Jeremy Steig and a daughter, Lucinda. Steig married three more times and had several more children. Jeremy Steig, the son of The New Yorker cartoonist William Steig, is notable as one of the few jazz flutists playing flute exclusively, as opposed to doubling from other woodwinds (others are James Newton, and, for most of his career, Herbie Mann). ...

Work

• 1942, The Lonely Ones
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House - 1946 Illustrations to the novel
• 1968, C D B!
• 1968, Roland the Minstrel Pig
• 1969, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
• 1969, Rotten Island
• 1971, Amos and Boris
• 1972, Dominic
• 1973, The Real Thief
• 1976, Abel’s Island
• 1976, The Amazing Bone
• 1978, Tiffky Doofky
• 1984, C D C?
• 1984, Doctor DeSoto
• 1984, Doctor DeSoto Goes to Africa
• 1984, Yellow and Pink
• 1985, Solomon, the Rusty Nail
• 1986, Brave Irene
• 1987, The Sabajaba Jungle
• 1988, Spinky Sulks
• 1990, Shrek!
• 1992, Alpha Beta Chowder
• 1994, Zeke Pippin
• 1996, The Toy Brother
• 1998, Pete’s a Pizza
• 2000, Made for Each Other
• 2000, Wizzil
• 2001, A Gift from Zeus
• 2003, When Everybody Wore a Hat

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External link

• Biography from official site