Creator Bio
Anita Lobel
b. 1934
Anita Lobel was born in Kraków, and was rescued by a Polish woman until being sent to a concentration camp. After World War II, she was reunited with her family in Sweden and came to New York in 1952. Lobel is a writer and artist who has created picture books and written fantasy stories. She was honored as a National Book Award finalist for No Pretty Pictures, the story of her childhood.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War
I thought of the beautiful angel in the picture that had hung over our bed before the war. Her giant wings hovering over, almost enveloping two children crossing a bridge over a ravine. Please make my…