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- Birth nameThomas Anthony dePaola
- Tomie DePaola was born on September 15, 1934 in Meriden, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Clown of God (1982), Strega Nona and Charlie Needs a Cloak (1977). He died on March 30, 2020 in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
- He received a bachelor's degree from the Pratt Institute in New York, and a master's from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.
- He wrote and illustrated more than 200 picture, pop-up and chapter books for children in a five-decade career. Many are based on folk tales from around the world.
- His surname is pronounced da-POW-la.
- His ashes were sprinkled outside Lebanon, New Hampshire.
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