Gilbert Delahaye (19 March 1923 – 6 December 1997) was a

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author. He is best known for the ''

Martine Martine is a feminine given name and a surname. Given name * Martine Aubry (born 1950), French politician * Martine Audet (born 1961), Canadian poet * Martine Aurillac (born 1939), French politician * Martine Baay-Timmerman (born 1958), Dutch po ...

'' books, a series of illustrated children's stories he prepared with artist

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In popular culture

His book, ''Martine à la ferme'', appears in the 2002 French film, ''

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''. A principal character in the film (

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) states that she was named after Delahaye's Martine.

External links

Gilbert Delahaye at Service du Livre Luxembourgeois

''La farandole des animaux. Poésies et comptines'' at Decitre
1923 births 1997 deaths Belgian writers in French {{Belgium-writer-stub