# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-lionni
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:19:14.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-lionni"
name: "Leo Lionni"
slug: "leo-lionni"
description: "Leo Lionni was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Born in the Netherlands, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art director for several advertising agencies, and then for Fortune magazine. He returned to Italy in 1962 and started writing and illustrating children's books. In 1962, his book Inch by Inch was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award."
tagline: "Dutch-Italian artist and children's writer (1910-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Craftsman's_World_Leo_Lionni-107.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1910-05-05"
deathDate: "1999-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.57
  momentum:             3.484669811320755
  historical:           15.14005066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.rhcbooks.com/authors/17763/leo-lionni/about"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ليو ليونى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni"
    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni"
    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "لئو لیونی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni"
    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni"
    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99"
    title: "ליאו ליאוני"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni"
    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B"
    title: "レオ・レオニ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%98%A4_%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4%EB%8B%88"
    title: "레오 리오니"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni"
    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni"
    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni"
    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni"
    title: "Leo Lionni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c3395fcd-d694-4dad-9f80-901b1f5e7446"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964731"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump