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词条 Atha Tehon
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  1. Work

  2. References

  3. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Atha Tehon
| image = Photo of Atha Tehon.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Atha Lee Tehon
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|1|20}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|2|15|1926|1|20}}
| death_place =
| education = University of Pennsylvania School of Design
| nationality = American
| other_names = Atha Tehon Thiras
| known_for = Book design, type design
| occupation = Art director
}}Atha Tehon Thiras (January 20, 1926 – February 15, 2012),[1] professionally credited as Atha Tehon, was the daughter and second child of Dr. Leo Roy Tehon and Mrs. Leo Tehon,[2] of Illinois.[1]

Tehon was a student at the Jerry Farnsworth School in North Truro in the summers of 1947 and 1948, and graduated with an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design in 1949.[1][3]

Work

Tehon served as the art director at Dial Books for Young Readers for 32 years,[4] retiring in 2001. A number of the books she worked on received Caldecott medals and honors including: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, Ashanti to Zulu, Moja Means One, and Jambo Means Hello. She also worked as a freelance designer for Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[5]

References

1. ^Emily Kulkus. (2012) "East Syracuse woman leaves $50,000 fund for cats that still need a home". The Post-Standard.
2. ^Leland Shanor. (1955) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3755670 "Leo Roy Tehon: 1895-1954"]. Mycologia 47 (4), pp. 597-601 Published by: Mycological Society of America Retrieved from JSTOR Web. 2 Feb. 2012.
3. ^PennDesign Annual {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125041759/http://www.design.upenn.edu/files/pda-v16-8-honor_roll_08.pdf |date=November 25, 2011 }}. (2008) January. Retrieved from Web. 2 Feb. 2012.
4. ^Britton, Jason. (2002). A New Day For Design: Five art directors discuss the evolving field of children's book design.Publishers' Weekly, 249(43) Retrieved from Academic OneFile Web. 2 Feb. 2012.
5. ^"Obituary: Atha Tehon." Publishers Weekly website (2012). Retrieved from web 13 June 2012.

External links

  • AIGA Design Archives: Atha Tehon credits
  • 'Caldecott Winners' on WorldCat.org
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