▁the ▁Bur ne ▁Hog arth ’ s ▁T arz an ▁com ic ▁strip ▁stories ▁of ▁his ▁child hood . ▁ ▁N iet o ▁wrote : ▁“ To ▁Bur ne ▁Hog arth ▁I ▁dedic ate , ▁in ▁memory ▁of ▁the ▁T arz an ▁stories ▁of ▁my ▁child hood , ▁the ▁series ▁of ▁animals ▁I ▁drew ▁while ▁I ▁was ▁in ▁Switzerland , ▁like wise ▁the ▁x y log raph s ▁I ▁created ▁in ▁Mun ich ▁and ▁Paris .” 1 ▁M ent ally ▁N iet o ▁took ▁apart ▁the ▁struct ural ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁ale b rij es ▁and ▁re construct ed ▁them ▁with ▁the ▁wh ims y ▁and ▁wonder ment ▁of ▁the ▁T arz an ▁stories . ▁This ▁resulted ▁not ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁Best i ario ▁series ▁of ▁drawing ▁and ▁wood ▁block ▁prints , ▁but ▁established ▁a ▁style ▁of ▁painting ▁that ▁is ▁now ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁O ax ac an ▁School . ▁While ▁in ▁Paris , ▁N iet o ▁won ▁the ▁B ienn ale ▁de ▁Paris ▁Prize ▁for ▁painting ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 . ▁He ▁again ▁won ▁the ▁B ienn ale ▁de ▁Paris ▁Prize ▁for ▁painting ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁Rod ol fo ▁N iet o ▁illustrated ▁“ Man uel ▁de ▁zo ologie ▁fant ast ique ” ▁by ▁Jorge ▁Luis ▁Borg es . ▁N iet o ▁won ▁the ▁Bien al ▁of ▁Ca en ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁and ▁the ▁Bien al ▁de ▁M ent on . ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁Mexico