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Michel Gay
Michel Gay (born 1 September 1947, in Lyon) is a French illustrator and author of children's books. Gay began publishing at from 1980. He usually creates albums with young animals characters such as Biboundé the penguin. He also illustrates texts written by others. His character Zou the Little Zebra is at the origin of a animated series for television in 2011: '' Zou''. Publications Album Author-illustrator *1980: ''Le Loup-Noël'', l'École des loisirs *1983: ''Pousse-poussette'', l'École des loisirs *1982: ''Lapin-express'', l'École des loisirs *1983: ''Petit-avion'', l'École des loisirs *1983: ''Petit-bateau'', l'École des loisirs *1983: ''Petit-camion'', l'École des loisirs *1984: ''Petit hélicoptère'', l'École des loisirs *1984: ''Biboundé'', l'École des loisirs *1985: ''La Surprise de Biboundé'', l'École des loisirs *1986: ''Papa vroum'', l'École des loisirs *1987: ''Biboundissimo'', l'École des loisirs *1988: ''Docteur Biboundé'', l'École des loisirs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne. The City of Lyon proper had a population of 522,969 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,280,845 that same year, the second most populated in France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 the Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,411,571 in 2019. Lyon is the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and seat of the Departmental Council of Rhône (whose jurisdiction, however, no longer extends over the Metropolis of Lyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's literature can be traced to traditional stories like fairy tales, that have only been identified as children's literature in the eighteenth century, and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, that adults shared with children before publishing existed. The development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is difficult to trace. Even after printing became widespread, many classic "children's" tales were originally created for adults and later adapted for a younger audience. Since the fifteenth century much literature has been aimed specifically at children, often with a moral or religious message. Children's literature has been shaped by religious sources, like Puritan traditions, or by more philosophical and scienti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zou (TV Series)
''Zou'' is an animated children's television series inspired by the books of French author Michel Gay. The show was produced by the French company Cyber Group Studios for Disney EMEA. It premiered on Disney Junior (UK & Ireland) in May 2012. Premise and format ''Zou'' is about the day-to-day life and adventures of a young anthropomorphic zebra, Zou (Bizou), and his family and friends. Most episodes contain Zou's name in the title and usually take place at Zou's house or in his backyard. Zou lives with his mother, father, grandparents, and great-grandmother. Each episode features some simple problem or issue that Zou must deal with, usually with the assistance of his family and friends. Characters *Bizou David Stripeman (Zou): A 5-year-old, fun-loving zebra. Zou is generally clad in a white T-shirt under yellow overalls. He is the main protagonist of the show, and shows interest in many career paths. His next-door neighbor is Elzee. A running plot of the show is that Zou exits s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Pussey
Gérard Pussey (born 20 June 1947) is a French writer and novelist. Born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. A journalist and literary critic, Pussey is first of all a novelist. Initiated to literature by his uncle, the writer and screenwriter René Fallet, Pussey is winner of the prix Roger Nimier, (1980), the prix and that of the Société des gens de lettres. He appeared several times on the last lists of the prix Renaudot and the prix Interallié. Work ;Novels * ''Châteaux en Afrique'', Éditions Denoël – prix du premier roman. * ''L'Homme d'intérieur'', Denoël – prix Roger-Nimier and prix littéraire de la vocation. * ''L'amour tombé du lit'', Denoël – prix Contrepoint * Piquanchâgne', Médium – prix de la Société des gens de lettres * ''Robinson malgré lui'', Nil * ''Nous deux rue Bleue'', Éditions Gallimard * Ma virée avec mon père', Gallimard * ''Mamie Ward'', L'École des Loisirs * ''Rêves et cauchemars de Georges Mandard'', Castor astral * ''Une journà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Loup Trassard
Jean-Loup Trassard in 2008 Jean-Loup Trassard (11 August 1933, Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine) is a French writer and photographer. He says of himself that he is a "writer of agriculture." Since 1961, he has been publishing short texts, narratives, photographs and texts in which he recounts his "territory" by Gallimard and Le Temps qu'il fait. The vision he offers of the traditional rural civilization which disappears irrevocably, is both ethnological and poetic. In 2012 he was awarded the grand prix of the Société des gens de lettres Magdeleine-Cluzel for the whole of his work. Biography His father, René, was an entrepreneur ("fermier de droits de place" - "farmer of rights of place"-) on the markets, which was a service to the communes organizing markets, in Brittany and in Normandy. He was a single child who went to the secular school of the village. Catechism, communions and masses were little appreciated. He lived a country childhood punctuated by agricultural work and which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Aude Murail
Marie-Aude Murail (born May 6, 1954) is a French writer. She is best known for her numerous children and teen novels that go over a wide range of subjects including homosexuality and serious illnesses. Her father, Gerard Murail, is a poet and her mother, Marie-Thérèse Barrois, a journalist. One of her brothers and her younger sister also write : Lorris Murail and Elvire Murail, aka Moka. Her other older brother, Tristan Murail is a music composer. In 1973, she married Pierre Robert, an INSEE bureaucrat, with whom she had three children, Benjamin (1977), Charles (1987) and Constance (1994). Biography Murail was born in Le Havre in 1954 and has been writing since she was twelve years old. She studied modern literature at the Sorbonne University in Paris and concluded it by working on a thesis dealing with how to adapt classical novels to make them readable for young kids. She earned her "stripes" at the Editions mondiales, where she published a hundred short stories in women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Sorcières
The Prix Sorcières is an annual literary prize awarded in France since 1986 to works of children's literature in a number of categories. The categories were renamed in 2018. The prizewinners are decided jointly by the ALSJ (''Association des Librairies Spécialisées Jeunesse'') and the ABF (''Association des Bibliothécaires de France''). Qualifying works must be written in French or translated into French from the original language. Authors from outside France who have won the prize include Anthony Browne, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo and J. K. Rowling. The Prix Sorcières 2020 Carrément Beau Mini category. * Emmanuel Lecaye et Marc Majewski, ''Les mots peints''. Ed. L'école des loisirs * Gaëtan Doremus, ''Quatre Pattes''. Ed. Rouergue * Jérôme Ruillier, ''Où va Mona?'' Ed. L'Agrume * Raphaële Enjary et Olivier Philipponneau, ''Alis''. Ed. Albin Michel Carrément Beau Maxi category *Winner: Loren Capelli, ''Cap!'' Ed. Courtes et Longues * Matthias Picard, ''Jim C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneviève Brisac
Geneviève Brisac (born 18 October 1951, in Paris) is a French writer. She is the winner of the Prix Femina in 1996 for ''Week-end de chasse à la mère'', a novel translated in English as ''Losing Eugenio'' (2000) and referred to in ''The New York Times'' as a "mildly compelling text" and in Publishers Weekly as an "elegant narrative art". She also writes short stories and children's literature, and is a literary critic for ''Le Monde'', and with Christophe Honoré she co-wrote the screenplay for Honoré's '' Non Ma Fille, Tu N'iras pas Danser'' (2009). Plagued by anorexia from childhood, she wrote an "auto-fictional" novel, ''Petite'' (1994), in which she recounts her struggle with the disease. She became very interested in Virginia Woolf, publishing ''V. W.: le mélange des genres'' (''V. W .: the mixture of genres'', with Agnès Desarthe, Paris: Éditions de l'Olivier, 2004), republished under the title of ''La double vie de Virginia Woolf'' (Paris: Points, 2008). Writer, ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Children's Book Illustrators
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Children's Writers
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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