Virginia Lee Burton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Virginia Lee Burton

American children's writer and illustrator

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1909

Place of Birth: Newton Centre, United States

Date of Death: 15-Oct-1968

Profession: writer, illustrator, children's writer, designer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Virginia Lee Burton (August 30, 1909 – October 15, 1968), also known by her married name, Virginia Demetrios, was an American illustrator and children's book author.
She wrote and illustrated seven children's books, including The Little House (1943), which won the Caldecott Medal.
She also illustrated six books by other authors. Burton founded the textile collective, Folly Cove Designers, in Cape Ann, Massachusetts, which had numerous museum exhibitions.
Some of its members' works are held today in the collections of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the Cape Ann Museum, and New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art.