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Kinuko Y. Craft

American artist (born 1940)
Person human Q2742164

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[20]
Date of birth
1940, January 3, 1940[5]
Place of birth
Kanazawa
Country of citizenship
United States, Japan[8][9]
Occupation
painter, illustrator
Field of work
fantasy, fairy tale[10][11]
Educated at
Kanazawa College of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Award received
World Fantasy Award—Artist, World Fantasy Award—Artist, Chesley Award for Best Interior Illustration, Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Hardcover, Chesley Award for Best Product Illustration, Hamilton King Award, Spectrum Award for Grand Master, Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame, Chesley Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Spouse
Mahlon F. Craft[6]
Child
M. Charlotte Craft[7]
Official website
www.kycraft.com, www.kinukoycraft.com[21][22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Japanese[23]
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library[27]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[26]
Has works in the collection
National Portrait Gallery[25]
Name in native language
キヌコヤマベ・クラフト[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kinuko Craft en Kinuko Yamabe Craft en Kinuko Y. Craft fi Kinuko Craft fi Kinuko Yamabe Craft ja キヌコヤマベ・クラフト ko 야마베 기누코 ko 기누코 Y. 크래프트 ko 키누코 Y. 크래프트 uk Кінуко Ямабе Крафт
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000063226438
VIAF cluster ID
38046880
Library of Congress authority ID
n79121332
GND ID
1124011978
Artnet artist ID
kinuko-y-craft
BIBSYS ID
90925691
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12718438k
BookBrainz author ID
ef5c6f4e-66e9-474a-8a11-51c9850a38f9
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
craft_kinuko_y
Europeana entity
agent/base/151563
FAST ID
44440
Freebase ID
/m/044q21
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ISFDB author ID
25614
IdRef ID
170698645
National Library of Greece ID
207274
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007384440305171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200307826
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
161949487
Open Library ID
OL3106378A, OL2747102A
SNAC ARK ID
w6995n48
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhRCqxr7tGyF8rHVGRR8C
Yale LUX ID
person/259e5190-b647-4a4a-97b4-c319f12e255e

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🔗 Connections
Award received 3
Hamilton King Award, Spectrum Award for Grand Master, Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Japan
Educated at 2
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Kanazawa College of Art
Field of work 2
fairy tale, fantasy
Occupation 2
painter, illustrator
← Cover art by 2
Different Seasons, A Darkness at Sethanon
Has works in the collection 1
National Portrait Gallery
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Japanese
Place of birth 1
Kanazawa
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Kinuko Y. Craft was born on January 1, 1940[1], in Kanazawa[2]. She has worked as a painter[3] and illustrator[4].

FAQs

Where was Kinuko Y. Craft born?

Kinuko Y. Craft was born in Kanazawa[2].

Who was Kinuko Y. Craft married to?

Kinuko Y. Craft's spouses include Mahlon F. Craft[6].

What did Kinuko Y. Craft do for work?

Kinuko Y. Craft worked as a painter[3] and illustrator[4].

What awards did Kinuko Y. Craft receive?

Honors received include World Fantasy Award—Artist[12], Chesley Award for Best Interior Illustration[13], and Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Hardcover[14].

Related Entities

Japan Kanazawa College of Art National Portrait Gallery United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . locusmag.com. Retrieved . locusmag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . locusmag.com. Retrieved . locusmag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . reactormag.com. Retrieved . reactormag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . asfa-art.com. Retrieved . asfa-art.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . asfa-art.com. Retrieved . asfa-art.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . asfa-art.com. asfa-art.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . societyillustrators.org. Retrieved . societyillustrators.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . locusmag.com. Retrieved . locusmag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . societyillustrators.org. Retrieved . societyillustrators.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . asfa-art.com. Retrieved . asfa-art.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [5] ↑ . The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 4w ago · Jamesmrobinson117 · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.kycraft.com/, https://www.kinukoycraft.com/
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  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Place of birth → Kanazawa
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    Educated at → Kanazawa College of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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