Cyril Walter Hodges
, 1909 - 2004
Born in Beckenham, Kent, C. Walter Hodges was an English illustrator educated at Dulwich College and later Goldsmiths College of Art. Hodges had an illustrious career as an illustrator, with arguably his most famous works included in Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth. Hodges was also an avid theatre lover and became an expert on Shakespearean theatre. In 1964, he illustrated the children's book Shakespeare's Theatre, for which he won a British Library Kate Greenaway Medal.
Source:
Matthew Eve, "C. Walter Hodges: A Life Illustrating History", Children's Literature in Education 35 (2004): 171–198.
Bio prepared by David Walsh, University of Kent, djw43@kent.ac.uk
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