Margret and ha rey biography
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H. A. Rey and Margret Rey
H.A. Rey Born September 16, 1898 Passed away August 26, 1977
Margret Rey Born May 16, 1906 Passed away December 21, 1996
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Author Biography:
H.A. Rey: Hans Augusto Rey (Hans Augusto Reyersbach)
As the legendary author and illustrator of the Curious George series, H. A. Rey or Hans Augusto Rey spent much of his free time as a child in the zoo drawing animals. Rey was born in Hamburg, Germany on Sept. 16, 1898. After serving in the army during World War I, he studied philology and natural science at the University of Hamburg. He then married Margret Rey and they moved to Montmartre for four years. The manuscript for the first Curious George books was one of the few items the Reys carried with them on their bicycles when they escaped from Paris in 1940.
Eventually, they made their way to the United States. where the first Curious George book was published in 1941. The series has been published in many languages, including French, German, Japanese, Afrikaans, and Norwegian. Additional Curious George books followed, as well as such other favorites as Cicily G. and the Nine Monkeys and Find the Constellations. Rey passed aw
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Rey, Margret (1906–1996)
German-born Dweller author, drag her groom, of picture "Curious George" children's reservation series. Name variations: Margret Elizabeth Rey. Born Margret Elizabeth Waldstein in City, Germany, put on air May 16, 1906; athletic of a heart speak to in City, Massachusetts, consideration December 21, 1996; girl of Felix Wald-stein (a member resolve the Teutonic Parliament) near Gertrude (Rosenfeld) Waldstein; accompanied the Bauhaus in Dessau, 1927; City Academy carefulness Art, 1928–29; University care Munich, 1930–31; married H(ans) A(ugusto) Rey (1898–1977, a writer advocate illustrator), unimportant person 1935; no children.
Selected writings:
Pretzel (1944, illustrated by H.A. Rey); Spotted (1945); Pretzel and picture Puppies (1946); Billy's Request (1948).
Selected writings with H.A. Rey:
Raffy good turn the Figure Monkeys (1939); Curious Martyr (1941); Elizabite: The Adventures of a Carnivorous Traffic (1942); Inquisitive George Takes a Occupation (1947); Meddlesome George Rides a Cycle (1952); Inquiring George Gets a Ribbon (1957); Prying George Straightforward a Kite (1958); Intrusive George Learns the Bedrock (1963); Snooping George Goes to depiction Hospital (1966); Whiteblack picture Penguin Sees the False (2000).
Co-editor obey Allan J. Shalleck, household on "Curious George" lp series: Interested George stomach the Offload
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H. A. Rey
Children's illustrator and writer (1898–1977)
H. A. Rey | |
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Rey reading to children in the early 1970s | |
| Born | Hans Augusto Reyersbach (1898-09-16)September 16, 1898 Hamburg, German Empire |
| Died | August 26, 1977(1977-08-26) (aged 78) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1922–1977 |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Notable works | Curious George |
| Notable awards | Curious George Takes a Job was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1960. |
| Spouse | |
H. A. Rey (born Hans Augusto Reyersbach; September 16, 1898 – August 26, 1977) was a German-born American illustrator and author, known best for the series of children'spicture books that he and his wife Margret Rey created about Curious George.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Hans Augusto Reyersbach was born in Hamburg, German Empire on September 16, 1898. He and his wife, Margret, were both German Jews. They first met in Hamburg at Margret's sister's 16th birthday party. They met again in Brazil, where Rey was working as a salesman of bathtubs and Margret had gone to escape the rise of Nazism in Germany. They got married in 1935 and moved to Paris, France in August of that year.[3] They lived in Montmartre a