Egil Nyhus
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Egil Nyhus (born 23 January 1962) is a Norwegian illustrator.
He was born in Tønsberg as the twin brother of illustrator/writer Svein Nyhus. He took his education at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1981 to 1985, worked as a newspaper illustrator in Tønsbergs Blad from 1986 to 1987 and Romerikes Blad from 1987. He has also illustrated children's picture books, among them several titles about Captain Sabertooth and books written by Tor Åge Bringsværd.{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Egil Nyhus|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Egil_Nyhus|language=Norwegian|accessdate=14 January 2010}}
Honours and awards
- 1998: The Norwegian Editorial Cartoon of the Year (Årets avistegning) for a caricature portrait of Lars Sponheim{{cite web|url=http://www.nored.no/article.aspx?id=962|title=Avistegnerprisen|publisher=Association of Norwegian Editors|language=Norwegian|accessdate=15 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414124233/http://www.nored.no/article.aspx?id=962|archivedate=14 April 2011}}
- 2012: GRAND PRIX ex-aequo in World Press Cartoon Sintra 2012 for a caricature of Dominique Strauss-Kahn[http://theartinquirer.blogspot.com/2012/04/world-press-cartoon-sintra-2012-winners.html World Press Cartoon Sintra 2012 winners: Egil Nyhus and Aristides Hernandez Guerrero]
- 2013: The Norwegian Editorial Cartoon of the Year (Årets avistegning) 2011-2012 for a caricature portrait of Anders Behring Breivik{{Cite web|url=http://www.rb.no/lokal_kultur/article6546610.ece|title = Egil Nyhus vant prisen for Årets avistegning|date = 12 March 2013}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.rb.no/meninger/galleri_egil/ Egil Nyhus' editorial cartoons in Norwegian newspaper Romerikes Blad]
- [http://issuu.com/annografen/docs/ukeblikk High resolution copy of Det siste året, ukeblikk 2013, editorial cartoons by Egil Nyhus 2013]
- [https://www.toonsmag.com/egil-nyhus/ Egil Nyhus] at Toons Mag
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Category:Norwegian children's book illustrators
Category:Norwegian editorial cartoonists
Category:Writers from Tønsberg
Category:Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni
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