Born in Budapest, 1941. Member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists, of the Association of Hungarian Film and TV Artists, of the Hungarian Guild of Movie Directors, of the Hungarian Art Academy and of the Society of Hungarian Illustrators.
Selected Individual exhibitions
1982 ? Dote Gallery (Debrecen)
1982 ? House of Culture (Dorog)
1983 ? Almássy Square Leisure Centre (Budapest)
1984 ? House of Culture (Celdömölk)
1994 ? Youth House (Nyíregyháza)
1995 ? Cultural Centre (Kispest)
1996 ? State Puppet Theatre (Budapest)
Selected awards
1970 ? Golden Cedar (Beirut)
1972 ? Golden Nike (Thessaloniki)
1974 ? Béla Balázs Prize
1975 ? Oscar Nomination (Los Angeles)
1977 ? Golden Palm (Cannes)
1978 ? Kossuth Prize
1984 ? Artist of Merit
1997 ? The Medium Cross of Hungarian Republic
2000 ? ?The illustrator of the year? ? Hungarian IBBY prize
2002 ? Honour list ? International IBBY prize
Selected books published
1980 ? Nazim Hikmet: The Amorous Cloud
1990 ? Mathias the Just (Academic Publisher)
1991 ? Marcell Jankovics: The Mythology of Tree (Csokonai)
1994 ? Marcell Jankovics: The Book of the Sun (Csokonai)
1995 ? The Ember-eating Steed (Officina Nova)
2002 ? Song of the Miracle Stag (Csokonai)
?Illustration should teach the children all that is teachable (what a mulberry tree, a turtle, a country bench or headdress looks like), but above all it must be beautiful.?
