Οδύσσεια

by Severino Baraldi (Illustrator)

Διασκευή για παιδιά της ιστορίας της Οδύσσειας, εικονογραφημένη.

52 pages, Hardcover

About the author

Born on 10 December 1930 in Sermide, Severino Baraldi is an Italian artist who entertained customers of the local barber with chalk pavement drawings. He began working as a carpenter but continued to draw cartoons for the local newspaper before moving to Milan where he worked for an advertising agency while attending the Scuola d’Arte Castello di Milano.

After producing two volumes of Bible illustrations for Il Messaggero di Sant’Antonio, Baraldi began illustrating educational books and books for boys and contributing to many magazines. In the early 1960s he adapted the Odyssey (Ulisse) and Peer Gynt (Ciuffo Biondo) for children. As well as his seven-year association with Look and Learn, he was associated with the Italian weekly Famiglia Cristiana and his historical illustrations also became popular in Greece and Japan. In 1994, he produced over 100 illustrations for La Bibbia: storie dell’antico e del nuovo te which was translated around the world (in Britain as The Bible for Children).

In all, Baraldi has contributed to over 220 books and produced over 7,500 illustrations. He retired a few years ago.

Source: Look and Learn