Robert Ingpen

(1936) Writer Australia

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Robert Ingpen is a writer from Australia, best known for Around the World in Eighty Days.

Quick Facts About Robert Ingpen

Born: October 13, 1936
Nationality: Australia
Profession: Writer
Notable works: Around the World in Eighty Days

About Robert Ingpen

Robert Roger Ingpen AM, FRSA is an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and writer. For his "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator he received the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1986.

Awards & Honors

Hans Christian Andersen Award Ditmar Award Dromkeen Medal Member of the Order of Australia

Quotes by Robert Ingpen

My studio is not arty. It doesn't smell of turpentine, and I'm not knee-high in paper.

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A good story is elegantly wrapped, and the child discovers things bit by bit.

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You don't put your head above the parapet and become a personality if you're an illustrator - it's not part of it;…

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1950s education didn't agree with me. I was totally lost.

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I must have been very young, but I have a clear memory of drawing on a cream brick wall... with wax crayons.

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