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Balint Stephen Biro (Budapest, October 6, 1921 – July 4, 2014) was a children's author, artist and illustrator. He received his education in Budapest and London . From about 1955 he lived in Chesham , where he helped to found the Chesham Society, and then moved to Amersham about 1971 until 1985.
29 de jul. de 2014 · The children's author and illustrator Val Biro, who has died aged 92, was best known as the creator of Gumdrop, an aged vintage car with very human characteristics and a remarkable capacity for...
The Gumdrop stories are a series of 37 children's books written and illustrated by Val Biro. They concern a 1926 Austin 12 hp four cylinder (Austin Clifton twelve four) called "Gumdrop", who gets involved in various adventures. [1]
18 de ago. de 2014 · I first knew Val Biro around the age of 10 as the jolly driver of Gumdrop, when his vintage car was just starting to appear in print – and then he became my stepfather. In my teens we argued a...
Illustrator and children's author Val Biro was born Bálint István Bíró to an upper-middle-class family in Budapest in 1921. He was educated at the Cistercian secondary school and Álmos Jaschik's private academy (later the School of Art and Design) in Budapest.
From the early 1940s until the late 1970s Val Biro designed an estimated 3,000 dust jackets – more than any other jacket designer of the era.
Val Biro (pronounced Beer-oh) was a children's author, artist and illustrator, was a native of Hungary, but was a resident in Sussex in England. He received his education in Budapest and London. His studio was located in Amersham in Buckinghamshire.
