Dick Bruna

Dick Bruna (b. August 23, 1927, Utrecht, the Netherlands) is a writer, artist and graphical designer.

Biography

Dick Bruna was born the son of a man who would become one of the Netherlands largest publishers. The success of the publishing company was based on the fact that they had a book store at almost every railway station, with which the country used to be littered.

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Bruna was intended by his father to become a publisher too, but he did not have the knack for the business side. Instead his brother got to follow his father in the business, but Dick Bruna still had many jobs to do in the company.

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Over the years, he worked on the graphical design of perhaps thousands of books published by the company, including The Saint, James Bond and Shakespeare. He also translated books to Dutch (Maigret).

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