Ensikat, Klaus
Ensikat, Klaus (1937– )German illustrator, who has won many national and international awards such as the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1996. Ensikat does sharp black‐and‐white ink drawings and is known for his extraordinarily detailed work. Among his best illustrated fairy tales are Charles Perrault's Tom Thumb (1977), Edward Lear's The Story about the Four Small Children who Went around the World (1992), Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (1993), E. T. A. Hoffmann's Klein Zaches (Little Zaches, 1994), and the Grimms' Bremen Town Musicians (1994). Ensikat has also illustrated works by contemporary authors and has a predilection for...
[The entire page is 188 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Oxford University Press Titles
