on his picture book Shrek, William Steig responded: “It’s vulgar, it’s disgusting — and I loved it.” In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor De Soto, directed by Michael Sporn, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Also in 1984, Steig received the CINE Golden Eagle Award in Education for the film adaptation of this book. Personal life and death Steig married four times and had three children. From 1936 to 1949, Steig was married to educator and artist Elizabeth Mead Steig (1909–1983, sister of anthropologist Margaret Mead), from whom he was later divorced. For a time, Steig lived at 75½ Bedford Street, purported to be the narrowest house in Manhattan. Steig's first marriage also made him a brother-in-law of Leo Rosten and an uncle of Mary Catherine Bateson. Steig and Mead were the parents of jazz flutist Jeremy Steig (playing the Pied Piper in Shrek Forever After) and a daughter, Lucinda. He married second wife Kari Homestead in 1950, and they had a daughter, Margit Laura (now professionally known as Maggie Steig). After their divorce, he was married to Stephanie Healey from 1964 to 1966. His final marriage, to Jeanne Doron, endured for the rest of his life. His brother Irwin was a journalist and painter, for whom William illustrated two books on poker strategy. His brother Henry was a jeweler and a writer who played the saxophone and painted. And his brother Arthur was a writer and poet, who, according to Steig, read The Nation in the cradle, was telepathic and "drew as well as Picasso or Matisse". Steig died of natural causes in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 3, 2003, aged 95. Shrek 2, which was released seven months after his death, was dedicated to his memory. Works 1932, Man About Town (New York: R. Long & R.R. Smith) 1939, About People: A book of symbolical drawings by William Steig (Random House) 1941, How to Become Extinct (Farrar & Rinehart), written by Will Cuppy, illustrated by Steig 1942, The Lonely Ones (Duell, Sloan and Pearce) 1944, All Embarrassed (Duell S&P) 1944, Small Fry (Duell S&P) 1945, Persistent Faces (Duell S&P) 1946, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (Simon & Schuster) by Eric Hodgins 1947, Till Death Do Us Part: Some ballet notes on marriage (Duell S&P) 1948, Listen, Little Man! (Orgone Institute Press) by Wilhelm Reich – translated from the German-language essay "Rede an