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Ludwig Bemelmans

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Profession
Children's Author
Died
Oct 1, 1962
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
Italy
About
Famous for writing and illustrating the popular Madeline children's series, this early 20th-century author also penned travel and humor books and collaborated with Jacques Théry and Irving Brecher on the screenplay for the 1945 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Yolanda and the Thief.
Family
Born in Meran, Austria-Hungary (present-day Italy), he grew up in Austria and Germany as the son of a Belgian artist father and a German mother. His marriage to Madeleine Freund resulted in a daughter named Barbara.

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