Editing Quentin Blake (section)

==Honours and awards==
Blake was the inaugural British [[Children's Laureate]] (1999–2001)<ref name=laureate/> and was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academicians|title=Prof Sir Quentin Blake CBE RDI (2001), Royal Academy of Arts, London}}</ref> He received the biennial [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] from the [[International Board on Books for Young People]] for his career contribution to children's literature in 2002.<ref name=ibby2002/><ref name=ibby-blake/> He was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2005 New Year Honours]] for his services to children's literature. In France, he was made a Knight of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] in 2002 and elevated to Officer in 2007.<ref>[http://www.gallimard-jeunesse.fr/Auteur/Quentin-Blake Quentin Blake] – website of [[Gallimard Jeunesse]].</ref>

For ''Mister Magnolia'', which he also wrote, Blake won the 1980 [[Kate Greenaway Medal]] from the [[CILIP|Library Association]], recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.<ref name=medal1980/> For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel of experts named it one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite.<ref name=topten/> He was also a highly commended Greenaway runner-up{{efn |name=HC}} for ''The Wild Washerwomen: A new folk tale'', by John Yeoman (1979), and a commended runner-up{{efn |name=HC}} for ''Clown'' (1995), which he wrote himself.<ref name=ccsu/> He made the Greenaway shortlist{{efn |name=HC}} for ''Zagazoo'' (1998), which he wrote, and for ''[[Sad Book]]'' (2004) by [[Michael Rosen]].

Blake won the [[Kurt Maschler Award]], or the Emil, for ''All Join In'' (Jonathan Cape, 1990), which he wrote and illustrated. The award from Maschler Publications and [[Booktrust]] annually recognised one British "work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other."<ref name=bizland/>

Blake was awarded the [[Prince Philip Designers Prize]] in 2011, and received the [[Eleanor Farjeon Award]] in November 2012. This annual award administered by Children's Book Circle recognises outstanding commitment and contribution to the world of British children's books.<ref>Williams, Charlotte (16 November 2012), [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/blake-wins-eleanor-farjeon-award.html "Blake wins Eleanor Farjeon Award"], ''[[The Bookseller]]''. Retrieved 1 January 2013.</ref> Blake was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2013 New Year Honours]] for his services to illustration.<ref name="CBE">{{cite news|title=Quentin Blake knighted in Queen's New Year honours |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20857155 |access-date=30 December 2012|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=29 December 2012}}</ref>

In March 2014, he was awarded the insignia of a [[Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur]] at a ceremony at the [[Institut Français]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/node/7151|title=Sir Quentin Blake awarded Legion d'Honneur – United Agents}}</ref> He is also a Companion of the [[Guild of St George]].

Blake was appointed [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] (CH) in the [[2022 Birthday Honours]] for services to illustration.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B6|date=1 June 2022}}</ref>