Quentin Blake is one of Britain's best-loved and most successful illustrators and children's authors. His first drawings were published in Punch when he was 16. He has illustrated over 300 books with writers such as Michael Rosen, Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, John Yeoman and, most famously of all, Roald Dahl. Quentin Blake writes and illustrates his own books as well, creating such characters as Mister Magnolia, Mrs Armitage and Clown. He has also illustrated classic books for adults.

For many years he taught at the Royal College of Art, where he was head of the Illustration Department from 1978 to 1986. He has won many awards and prizes, and was made a CBE in 2005. According to The Guardian, he was 'already a national institution' when he was appointed the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Since then he has had an additional career as an exhibition curator working in galleries in London and Paris among others.

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    昆丁·布莱克是当代英国儿童文学界最负盛名的插图画家和作家，他几乎获得过英国国内有关儿童读物各项大奖。他于1932年出生，16岁时出版了第一本画集，中学毕业以后，进入剑桥的唐宁学院学习英文专业。在服过兵役以后，先后进入了伦敦大学和切尔西艺术与设计学院进修硕士文凭课程。

    1999年，为表彰终身在童话界里的伟大的插图画家和作家，昆丁·布莱克获得了“童话桂冠诗人”(Children’s Laureate)奖。他是英国图画书出版产量最丰富的插图画家，许多他笔下创造出的人物，被制作成相关商品的比例是全英第一，贺卡、书签、月历等商品都常见布雷克笔下人物的身影。

    由他插图的英国童话大师达尔《女巫》等代表作品均由英国著名出版社Puffin Books出版。2002年，他获得国际儿童读物最高奖项安徒生奖。

风格与技巧：

看昆丁˙布莱克的画很容易看出他那漫画家的“身世”。在插图作家里，讲究线条的多变，没有人比他更杰出，他那些钢笔线条的神韵可比拟为中国书法的草书，虽潦草却处处可见其用笔的讲究。他的绘画集不凡的气势和抒情的内涵为一体，富于独创性和幽默感，正是这种轻松灵动的绘画风格以及他对图与文的和谐处理，使他在众多同样非常优秀的英国儿童插画大师中独树一帜。