biography of Miska PETERSHAM (1888-1959)

Birth place: Torokszentmiklos, Hungary

Death place: Alexandria, VA.

Addresses: Woodstock, NY

Profession: Illustrator, writer

Studied: Royal Acad., Budapest, Hungary.

Exhibited: Awards: Caldecott medal, 1946.

Member: Woodstock AA

Work: children's books in libraries.

Comments: Author/illustrator (with Maud Petersham, see entry) of children's books, text books.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Woodstock AA cites death date as 1960.