Nadir Quinto (26 November 1918 - 15 March 1994; Milan, Italy)
Nadir Quinto was born in Milan, and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Brera.

He made his professional debut in 1946 in Il Corriere dei Piccoli. His work also appeared in most of the top Italian comic journals such as Dinamite, Albi di Salgari, Festival and L'Intrepido.

Between 1954 and 1964, he worked for the British comics market, doing illustration work and contributing Robin Hood stories to Thriller Picture Library, as well as Thumbelisa, Cinderella, Sinbad the Sailor, Jack and the Beanstalk, Bob Crockett, and many more stories to Treasure, World of Wonder, Princess Tina, Look and Learn, Jack and Jill, Tell Me Why, Once Upon a Time, Playhour and Bobo.

In the late 1970s, he began a cooperation with the publisher Editrici, for which he produced the series Tom Boy and Swea in Il Corriere dei Regazzi. In 1978 he started working for Paoline publishers and he started the series I Delfini with his daughter Diana. This series appeared in the magazine Il Giornalino, as well as many of Quinto's comic book adaptations of novels. He also drew several episodes of the Larry Yuma series. With Milo Milani he created Jacopo del Mare in 1984.

Quinto also illustrated many books throughout his career, including Peter Pan (1982) and Wind in the Willows (1993).

In 1991 Nadir Quinto drew Vele Capitani, with a scenario by N. Danieli. He died in 1994 while working on a Tex Willer story.
Source: Lambiek; Illustration Art Gallery