Peter Sis

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Peter Sís was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1949 and attended the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and the Royal College of Art in London.

Today, he is best known for writing and illustrating childrens books.

In 1983 he collaborated with Bob Dylan on You Got to Serve Somebody.

His film work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

In addition to writing and illustrating books, Peter's editorial illustrations have appeared in Time, Newsweek, Esquire, and The Atlantic Monthly.

[edit] Awards

He has won The New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year award six times.

He began his career as a filmmaker and won the Golden Bear Award at the 1980 West Berlin Film Festival for an animated short. He has also won the Grand Prix Toronto and the Cine Golden Eagle Award.