Editing Quentin Blake (section)

{{Short description|British cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer (born 1932)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
| name             = Quentin Blake
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CH|CBE|FRSL|FCSD|RDI}}
| image            = File:Methode sundaytimes prod web bin 4cfcb2aa-2407-11e6-8efa-9d4401b01310.jpg
| caption          = 
| birth_name       = Quentin Saxby Blake
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1932|12|16|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Sidcup]], [[Kent]], England
| field            = Illustration
| training         = {{ubl | [[Downing College, Cambridge]] | [[Chelsea School of Art]] }}
| awards           = {{awards|[[Kate Greenaway Medal]]|1980}} {{awards|[[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] for Illustration |2002}}
}}

'''Sir Quentin Saxby Blake''' (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, [[caricature|caricaturist]], illustrator and [[children's literature|children's writer]]. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by [[Roald Dahl]], which are among his most popular works.{{efn|name=dahl}} For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator, Blake won the biennial international [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] in 2002, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books.<ref name=ibby2002/><ref name=ibby-blake/> From 1999 to 2001, he was the inaugural British [[Children's Laureate]].<ref name=laureate/> Blake is a patron of the [[Association of Illustrators]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaoi.com/about.php|title=The Association of Illustrators|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712103223/http://www.theaoi.com/about.php|archive-date=12 July 2016}}</ref>