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William Pène du Bois

William Pène du Bois, (1916-1993), author and illustrator

Born William Pène Sherman du Bois on May 9, 1916, in Nutley, New Jersey, United States.

He was an author and illustrator of children's books, best known for The Twenty-One Balloons[?], published in 1948. From 1953 to 1960 he worked with George Plimpton as the Art Editor for The Paris Review[?].

He died on February 5, 1993 in Nice, France.



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