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Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published.
Dick Bruna
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Dick Bruna
Age: 89 †
Born: 1927
Born: August 23
Died: 2017
Died: February 16
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H.M. Bruna
Hendrikus Magdalenus Bruna
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