As per our current Database, Leo Lionni has been died on Oct 11, 1999 (age 89).
When Leo Lionni die, Leo Lionni was 89 years old.
| Popular As | Leo Lionni |
| Occupation | Children's Author |
| Age | 89 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 5, 1910 (Netherlands) |
| Birthday | May 5 |
| Town/City | Netherlands |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
Leo Lionni’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Leo Lionni was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Italian children's Writer and Illustrator best known for using the art of collage in his illustrations. His 1962 book Inch By Inch won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
Before beginning his writing career, he worked as an art Director for several East Coast advertising agencies and for Fortune magazine.
As an ad executive, he worked on accounts for the Ford and Chrysler motor companies.
He married Nora Maffi whose father founded the Italian Communist Party, and they had two children together.
While working in advertising, he commissioned work from a young Andy Warhol.
