Uri Shulevitz
February 27, 1935 - February 15, 2025
General Information
Bio
Uri Shulevitz (1935-2025) Author, illustrator. Uri Shulevitz was born in Warsaw, Poland, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Full Name
Uri Shulevitz
Locations
Kings•New York
Author's Timeline
1935
Birth
Uri Shulevitz was born in Warsaw, Poland, on February 27, 1935.
1959
Other Life Event
Kings County: In about 1959, Mr. Shulevitz moved to New York and studied painting at the Brooklyn Museum Art School.
1963
Literary Work
The Moon In My Room
Harper And Row; First Edition
Children’s book.
Harper And Row; First Edition
Children’s book.
1967
Literary Work
One Monday Morning
Charles Scribner's Sons
Children’s book.
Charles Scribner's Sons
Children’s book.
1969
Other Life Event
Mr. Shulevitz won a Caldecott Medal in 1969.
1978
Literary Work
The Treasure
Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition
0374377405 / 978-0374377403
Children’s book.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition
0374377405 / 978-0374377403
Children’s book.
1985
Literary Work
Writing With Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books
Watson-Guptill Pubns; Fifth or Later Edition
0823059405 / 978-0823059409
Nonfiction.
Watson-Guptill Pubns; Fifth or Later Edition
0823059405 / 978-0823059409
Nonfiction.
1998
Literary Work
Snow
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); First Edition
0374370923 / 978-0374370923
Children’s book.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); First Edition
0374370923 / 978-0374370923
Children’s book.
2005
Literary Work
The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); First Edition
0374377545 / 978-0374377540
Book for young readers.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); First Edition
0374377545 / 978-0374377540
Book for young readers.
2008
Literary Work
How I Learned Geography
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); First Edition
0374334994 / 978-0374334994
Children’s book.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); First Edition
0374334994 / 978-0374334994
Children’s book.
2013
Literary Work
Dusk
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); Illustrated edition
0374319030 / 978-0374319038
Children’s book.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); Illustrated edition
0374319030 / 978-0374319038
Children’s book.
2020
Literary Work
Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
0374313717 / 978-0374313715
Book for young readers.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
0374313717 / 978-0374313715
Book for young readers.
2025
Death
New York County: Uri Shulevitz died in a hospital in Manhattan, New York, on February 15, 2025.
2025
Literary Work
The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man’s Journey Across Wartime Europe
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
0374392463 / 978-0374392468
Book for young readers.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
0374392463 / 978-0374392468
Book for young readers.
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