Mitsumasa Anno
Known for
Acting
Life
1926 – 2020 (aged 94)
Born in
Tsuwano, Japan
Biography
Mitsumasa Anno (安野 光雅, Anno Mitsumasa, 20 March 1926 – 24 December 2020) was a Japanese illustrator and writer of children's books, known best for picture books with few or no words. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1984 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature."