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of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

June 20, 2018

June 20, 1919

Cornelis Johannes (Kees) Kelfkens (Utrecht, 20 juni 1919 – Amsterdam, 18 december 1986) was een Nederlands grafisch ontwerper, illustrator, tekenaar en boekbandontwerper. I hope the Dutch wikipedia is more reliable than the English, because I have found out little about this artist.

They call book covers, book bands, and that is one field this graphic artist excelled at: He did the cover for the Dutch translation of The Lord of the Rings.

And we have this poster, and so we know he was a genius:

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