![]() ![]() He learned to draw, paint, and play instruments at school from artists and musicians participating in the Work Projects Administration program. Bryan recalled his childhood in New York City during the 1930s as an idyllic time, full of art and music. He was born the second of six children and grew up with his three cousins. His father worked as a printer of greeting cards and loved birds, and Bryan remembered their apartment as full of a hundred birds. His picture book Freedom Over Me was short-listed for the 2016 Kirkus Prize and received a Newbery Honor.Īshley Frederick Bryan was born on July 13, 1923, in Harlem and raised in the Bronx, both in New York City. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 and he won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his contribution to American children's literature in 2009. Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. Ashley Frederick Bryan (July 13, 1923 – February 4, 2022) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. ![]()
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