Seredy's most highly acclaimed works rose out of her memories of her Hungarian childhood and the stories her father Seredy illustrated books by other writers-including Carol Ryrie Brink's Newbery Medal-winning Caddie Woodlawn-as well as her own. In 1922 Seredy emigrated to the U.S., where she earned a living by illustrating lampshades, greeting cards, and sheet music, moving on gradually to fashion design and magazine and book illustration. During World War I, she served for two years as a nurse in frontline hospitals, an experience which left her ill in body and spirit and caused her to become a confirmed pacifist. She attended the Academy of Art in Budapest for six years, receiving an art teacher's diploma. Kate Seredy was the daughter of a well-known Hungarian teacher and storyteller. Born 10 November 1896, Budapest, Hungary died 7 March 1975, Montgomery, New YorkÄaughter of Louis P.
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