# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-sis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:35.716Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-sis"
name: "Peter Sís"
slug: "peter-sis"
description: "Peter Sís is a Czech-born American illustrator and writer of children's books. As a cartoonist his editorial illustrations have appeared in Time, Newsweek, Esquire, and The Atlantic Monthly. In 2012 he received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his \"lasting contribution\" as an illustrator of children's literature."
tagline: "Czech-born American writer and illustrator (born 1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sv%C4%9Bt_knihy_2009_-_Petr_S%C3%ADs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-05-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.88855466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/peter.sis.art/"
    handle:    "peter.sis.art"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/peter.sis.art"
    handle:    "peter.sis.art"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0802968/"
    handle:    "nm0802968"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://petersis.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "پيتير سيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Петер Сис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_S%C3%ADs"
    title: "Petr Sís"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_S%C3%ADs"
    title: "Peter Sís"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_S%C3%ADs"
    title: "Peter Sís"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "پیتر سیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_S%C3%ADs"
    title: "Peter Sís"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ピーター・シス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_S%C3%ADs"
    title: "Peter Sís"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_S%C3%ADs"
    title: "Peter Sís"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_S%C3%ADs"
    title: "Peter Sís"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Петр Сіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Petr_S%C3%ADs"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q775662"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2032477"
    title: "Peter Sís"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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