Rumanian juvenile writer/illustrator Mircea Vasiliu, 88, in Oct. 2008 (illustrated "A Wrinkle in Time")
Lenona
in Glen Cove, New York, Castleton, Vermont, and finally, in Annapolis,
Maryland.
(I can't print the obit - if you want to register with the Annapolis
newspaper, search on his name and "88.")
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG1009f.html?DG1009b.html~mainFrame
(includes photo & booklist longer than one below)
Excerpt:
"Mircea Vasiliu (pronounced Vas-ILL-you) was born in Bucharest,
Romania in 1920 to Matei and Florica (Tantareanu) Vasiliu. Although he
had published two books by age sixteen, Vasiliu trained for a
diplomatic career and received a law degree from the University of
Bucharest. At the age of 23 he became an attaché in the Romanian
Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In 1946 he was assigned to the Romanian
Legation in Washington, D.C. Vasiliu resigned his position in 1948
following the Communist takeover of Romania, and he received asylum in
the United States. In 1955 he published The Pleasure is Mine, a
humorous autobiography of his diplomatic years. A later memoir, Which
Way to the Melting Pot? (1963), recounts his adjustment to American
life. In the 1950s Vasiliu began creating free-lance illustrations
both for adult and children's books and soon authored his own
children's books. His most well-known works include A Day at the Beach
and Miss Agatha's Lark."
He illustrated books by Scott Corbett and Natalie Savage Carlson.
Reportedly, he also illustrated the paperback 1964 edition of "A
Wrinkle in Time" - maybe that eerie cover with concentric circles was
his? - but I can't pin down the information!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27191268
(four illustrations from "The Merry Wind")
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=%22mircea+vasiliu%22+books&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&start=0
(a few covers - not all are relevant)
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=mircea+vasiliu&pics=on&sortby=7&x=0&y=0
(quite a few covers - in alphabetical order)
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
Autobiographical:
The Pleasure is Mine, Harper, 1955.
Which Way to the Melting Pot?, Doubleday, 1963.
Juveniles, self-illustrated; all published by John Day, except as
indicated:
Everything is Somewhere, 1959.
The Year Goes Round, 1964.
Hark, the Little Angel, 1965.
Do You Remember?, 1966.
The World is Many Things, 1967.
The Merry Wind, 1967.
Mortimer, the Friendly Dragon, 1968.
One Day in the Garden, 1969.
What's Happening?, 1969.
The Good Night, Sleep Tight Book, Golden Press, 1973.
Once Upon a Pirate Ship, Golden Press, 1974.
A Day at the Beach, Random House, 1977.
Intre Doua Lumi: Roman, Editura Porto-Franco, 1991.
Buna Seara, Maria!: Roman, Editura Porto-Franco, 1993.
Illustrator:
Wings Against the Wind by Natalie Savage Carlson, 1955.
"How to Travel with Parents a Humorful Expose of grown-Ups as Seen
Through the Eyes of a Worldly-wise Teen-ager in This Merry Tale of a
Merry Trip" by Eloise Barrangon, 1956
With Powder on My Nose by Billie Burke with Cameron Shipp, 1959
(Billie Burke was "Glinda of Oz"!)
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to New York by Paul Gallico, 1960.
Nancy Sherman, Miss Agatha's Lark, Bobbs-Merrill, 1968.
Ever Ride a Dinosaur? by Scott Corbett, 1969
The Wind and Me verse by Beverly Butler, (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1971)
The Big Joke Game by Scott Corbett, New York: Dutton, 1972
Lenona.