Quentin Blake

**[[Sir]] Quentin Saxby Blake** (Sidcup, Grut Londen, 16 desimber 1932) is in Ingelsk cartoonist, yllustrator en skriuwer.

## Wurkpaad
Doe't Blake 16 jier wie makke er syn earste tekeningen foar it tydskrift *[[Punch (tydskrift)|Punch]]*. Fan 1953 oant 1956 studearre er Ingelske Literatuer oan it Downing Kolleezje fan de University of Cambridge en oan Universiteit fan Londen. Teffens gie er nei de Chelsea School of Art. De Royal College of Art sluet er ôf mei in diploma.

Blake debutearre yn 1961. Hy is foaral bekend fan syn tekeningen yn de berneboeken fan Roald Dahl. De earste dêrfan wie *The Enormous Crocodile*. Oare boeken dy't Dahl al earder skreaun hie (lykas *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*) binne yn lettere útjeftes op 'n nij fan tekeningen foarsjoen. Alles by inoar yllustrearre Blake mear as 300 jeugdboeken, dêr't ek it debútboek fan David Walliams, *The boy in the dress* ûnder is. Blake sels hat ek goed 35 boeken skreaun.

Blake waard beneamd ta Kommandeur yn de Oarder fan it Britske Ryk. Teffens is er patroan fan it tal pleatslike ferieningen, lykas de Blake Society, it Downing College, Cambridge, en de Campaign for Drawing.

## Wurk
In kar:

Dizze 35 boeken waarden skreaun en yllustrearre troch Blake.
* *Patrick* (Jonathan Cape, 1968)
* *Jack and Nancy* (Jonathan Cape, 1969)
* *Angelo* (Jonathan Cape, 1970)
* *Snuff* (Jonathan Cape, 1973)
* *Lester at the Seaside* (William Collins, Sons, 1975)
* *Lester and the Unusual Pet* (Collins, 1975)
* *The Adventures of Lester* (BBC, 1977)
* *Mister Magnolia* (Jonathan Cape, 1980) —winner fan de Kate Greenaway Medal
* *Quentin Blake's Nursery Rhyme Book* (Jonathan Cape, 1983)
* *The Story of the Dancing Frog* (Jonathan Cape, 1984)
* *Mrs Armitage On Wheels* (Jonathan Cape, 1987)
* *Quentin Blake's ABC* (Jonathan Cape, 1989)
* *All Join In* (Jonathan Cape, 1990) —winner fan de Kurt Maschler Award foar integraasje fan teks en yllustraasje
* *Cockatoos* (Jonathan Cape, 1992)
* *Simpkin* (Jonathan Cape, 1993)
* *The Quentin Blake Book of Nonsense Verse* (Viking Press, 1994)
* *Clown* (Jonathan Cape, 1995) —commended runner-up for the Greenaway Medal
* *La Vie de la Page* (Gallimard, 1995)
* *Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave* (Jonathan Cape, 1997)
* *Dix Grenouilles (Ten Frogs)* (Gallimard, 1997)
* *The Green Ship* (Jonathan Cape, 1998)
* *Zagazoo* (Jonathan Cape, 1998)
* *Zap! The Quentin Blake Guide to Electrical Safety* (Eastern Electricity, 1998)
* *Fantastic Daisy Artichoke* (Jonathan Cape, 1999)
* *The Laureate's Party* (Random House, 2000)
* *Un Bateau Dans le Ciel* (Rue du Monde, 2000)
* *Words and Pictures* (Jonathan Cape, 2000)
* *Tell Me a Picture* (National Gallery, 2001)
* *Loveykins* (Jonathan Cape, 2002)
* *Laureate's Progress* (Jonathan Cape, 2002)
* *Mrs Armitage, Queen of the Road* (Jonathan Cape, 2003)
* *A Sailing Boat In The Sky* (Random House: Red Fox, 2003)
* *Angel Pavement* (Jonathan Cape, 2004)
* *You're Only Young Twice* (Andersen Press, 2008)
* *Daddy Lost his Head* (Andre Bouchard, 2009)
* *Quentin Blake: Beyond the Page* (Tate Publishing Ltd, 2012)

Blake hat tal fan boeken fan Roald Dahl yllustrearre, wêrûnder *[[The BFG (boek)|The BFG]]*.

Hy makke ek de yllustraasjes foar de Britske edysje fan Agaton Sax, in Sweedske rige fan comedy-detectiveromans troch Nils-Olof Franzén (oarspronlik yllustrearre troch Åke Lewerth, 1955 oant 1978).
* *Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves*, 1965
* *Agaton Sax and the Scotland Yard Mystery*, 1969
* *Agaton Sax and the Max Brothers* (a.k.a. Bank Robbers), 1970
* *Agaton Sax and the Criminal Doubles*, 1971
* *Agaton Sax and the Colossus of Rhodes*, 1972
* *Agaton Sax and the London Computer Plot*, 1973
* *Agaton Sax and the League of Silent Exploders*, 1974
* *Agaton Sax and the Haunted House*, 1975
* *Agaton Sax and the Big Rig (extended)*, 1976
* *Agaton Sax and Lispington's Grandfather Clock*, 1978
;Oars
* *The Learning Journey* — National Curriculum, key stages 1 and 2, foar âlders
* *Three Little Monkeys* 2016, yllustrearre troch Emma Chichester Clark