Zbigniew Lengren

Zbigniew Lengren

Born in 1919 in Tula (Russia), died in 2005 in Warsaw. He studied Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. He was an illustrator and cartoonist. He created the character of Mr Filutek. Illustrated i.a.: Doctor Doolittle and his animals, Hugh Lofting, Nasza Księgarnia, Warsaw 1955. Doctor Dolittle's Zoo, Hugh Lofting, Nasza Księgarnia, Warsaw 1957. Doctor Dolittle's Post Office, Hugh Lofting, Nasza Księgarnia, Warsaw 1957. Doctor Dolittle's Circus, Hugh Lofting, Nasza Księgarnia, Warsaw 1968. The wind on the Moon, Eric Linklater, Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1960. Kolczasty gość (Prickly visitor), Elżbieta Sobolewska, Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1963. Cyrk doktora Dolittle, Hugh Lofting, Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1968. Niezwykłe lato Izydora i Spółki (Amazing summer of Izidor and his troop), Aleksander Minkowski, Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1969. Przygody ośmiu sprawiedliwych (The adventures of the magnificent eight), Ryszard Liskowacki, Wydawnictwo Lubelskie, Lublin 1969. Basia, Irena Landau, Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1973. Borek, Topek i Aza (Basia, Topek and Iza), Zbigniew Lengren, Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1975. Małe, średnie i duże (Small, medium and big), Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1979. Awards: 1954 - Medal X years of People's Republic of Poland 1964 - IV Prize of the International Show-room of Caricature, Montreal 1988 - Prize of caricaturists "Złota Szpilka z Wawrzynem" He was awarded the Order Of Smile.