Richard Cuffari

American illustrator

Phyllis Klie

(m. 1950)

^[1]AwardsNew York Society of Children's Illustrators Citation of Merit, 1969 & 1970
Christopher Award, 1973^[1]

Richard Cuffari (March 2, 1925 – 1978)^[1] was an award-winning American artist. He is known for his illustrations for children's books and science fiction books. Specializing in historical and nonfiction topics, Cuffari illustrated over 200 books.^[1]

Biography

Cuffari's dust jacket for the original hardback edition of *A Wind in the Door* by *Madeleine L'Engle* (1973).

Cuffari was born to immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York.^[1] He attended James Madison High School, winning awards there for his artwork.^[1]

During World War II, Cuffari served in the U.S. Army.^[1] He graduated from the Pratt Institute in 1949.^[1]

He embarked on a freelance career as an illustrator in 1966.^[1]

Bibliography (selected)

The Wind in the Willows (Grosset & Dunlap, 1966), by Kenneth Grahame
Nothing is Impossible: The Story of Beatrix Potter (Atheneum, 1969), by Dorothy Aldis
Old Ben (1970), by Jesse Stuart — selected for the 1970 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
The Far Side of Evil (1971), by Sylvia Engdahl
Eight Stories: The Year of the Three‐Legged Deer (Houghton Mifflin, 1972), by Eth Clifford^[2]
This Star Shall Abide (1972), by Sylvia Engdahl
Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains (1973), by Sylvia Engdahl
The Capricorn Bracelet (1973), by Rosemary Sutcliff
A Wind in the Door (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973), by Madeleine L'Engle
The Perilous Gard (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1974), by Elizabeth Marie Pope
Planet-Girded Suns: Man's View of Other Solar Systems (1974), by Sylvia Engdahl
Ring Out! A Book of Bells (1974), by Jane Yolen
The Mightiest of Mortals: Hercules (Viking Press, 1975), by Doris Gates
Universe Ahead: Stories of the Future (1975) — anthology of stories selected and introduced by Sylvia Engdahl and Rick Roberson
Dragons in the Waters (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976), by Madeleine L'Engle
The Cartoonist (Viking Books for Young Readers, 1978), by Betsy Byars
Family Secrets: Five Very Important Stories (1979), by Susan Shreve

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "RICHARD CUFFARI PAPERS," de Grummond Collection, McCain Library and Archives, University Libraries, The University of Southern Mississippi. Accessed Aug. 14, 2019.
^ "Eight Stories; The Year of the Three‐Legged Deer By Eth Clifford. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari. 164 pp. Houghton Mifflin. $3.95. (Ages 9 to 12)," New York Times (June 18, 1972).