澳大利亚儿童插画家Terry Denton逝世，享年76岁

澳大利亚著名儿童插画家Terry Denton于9月21日去世，享年76岁 1。他因与作家Andy Griffiths的长期合作而蜚声国际，两人共同创作的《Just系列》和《13层树屋系列》等作品畅销全球数百万册 1。

Denton以其独特的黑白线描画风格和富有创意的页边注解设计著称，使儿童阅读变得充满趣味和生动感，对澳大利亚儿童文学产生了深远影响 1。他曾学习建筑、人类学、社会学、美术、动画、蚀刻和油画，历时7年才完成多个领域的学习 1。

Denton的创作生涯成绩斐然。他于1997年出版首部作品《Just Tricking!》1。与作家Gillian Rubinstein合作的《Mr Plunkett's Pool》于1993年获得多元文化奖 1。他还凭借《Felix and Alexander》获得1986年澳大利亚儿童图书委员会年度图画书奖 1。其中，《13层树屋系列》始于2011年，共推出13本书，系列中树屋的高度从最初的13层扩展到169层 1。

Terry Denton, the renowned Australian children's illustrator whose anarchic collaborations with author Andy Griffiths delighted millions of young readers worldwide, has passed away at age 76 on September 211. Best known for co-creating the wildly popular "Just" series and "The 13-Story Treehouse" franchise, Denton transformed the reading experience for generations of children through his distinctive black-and-white line drawings and inventive marginalia designs1.

Denton's creative partnership with Griffiths began with the publication of "Just Tricking!" in 1997 and flourished over subsequent decades1. The "13-Story Treehouse" series, which launched in 2011, eventually expanded to include 13 books with the titular structure growing from 13 floors to 169 floors1. Beyond his work with Griffiths, Denton's artistic contributions were widely recognized; he received the 1986 Australian Children's Book Council Picture Book of the Year award for "Felix and Alexander" and won a multicultural award in 1993 for "Mr Plunkett's Pool," created in collaboration with writer Gillian Rubinstein1. Throughout his career, Denton brought rigorous artistic training to his craft, having spent seven years studying architecture, anthropology, sociology, fine art, animation, etching, and oil painting1.