Guy Delisle (born January 19, 1966) is a Canadian cartoonist and animator, best known for his graphic novels about his travels, such as ''

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'' (2000), '' Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea'' (2003), ''

Burma Chronicles :''See Burmese chronicles for the royal chronicles of Burma (Myanmar).'' ''Burma Chronicles'' (french: Chroniques Birmanes) is a 2007 Canadian graphic novel written and illustrated by Guy Delisle. ''Burma Chronicles'' is a travelogue about Delis ...

'' (2007), and ''

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

'' (2011).

Biography

Delisle studied animation at

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in Oakville, near Toronto, and then worked for the animation studio

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. He later worked for different studios in Canada, Germany, France, China and

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. His experiences as a supervisor of animation work by studios in Asia were recounted in two

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, ''

'' (2000) and '' Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea'' (2003). The two books, Delisle's most famous work, were first published in French by the independent ''

bande dessinée (singular ; literally 'drawn strips'), abbreviated BDs and also referred to as Franco-Belgian comics (), are comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium. These countries have a long tradition ...

'' publisher

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. They have been translated into many languages, including English, German, Italian,

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, Spanish,

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, Croatian and Burmese. A

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of ''Pyongyang'' starring

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was cancelled in December 2014 after the

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. Delisle is married to a

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administrator.
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', J. Kelly Nestruck, ''

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'', September 07, 2005. With her, he made a trip to

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(Burma) in 2005, which is recounted in ''Chroniques Birmanes'' (2007), translated into English as ''

''. In the summer of 2009, they completed a one-year stay in

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, again with

. This stay was recounted in '' Chroniques de Jérusalem'' (2011) which won the

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in 2012. Amongst other things it covered the Gaza War. In France, ' (English title: ''Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City'') was a best-seller. In 2016, Delisle published ''S'enfuir. Récit d'un otage'' (Dargaud), translated into English as ''Hostage'' and published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2017. The graphic novel depicts the true story of

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, a

administrator who was kidnapped in the Caucasus Region in 1997. ''Hostage'' was longlisted for

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's 2017 literary prize. Delisle resides in

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, France.

Bibliography

French language

* ''Réflexion'' (

, paperback, October 1996, ) * ''Aline et les autres'' (L'Association, paperback, April 1999, ) * ''

'' (L'Association, paperback, April 2000, ) * ''Inspecteur Moroni 1 : Premiers pas'' (

Dargaud Société Dargaud, doing business as Les Éditions Dargaud, is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud (), publishing its first comics in 1943. ...

, paperback, March 2001, ) * ''Albert et les autres'' (L'Association, paperback, June 2001, ) * ''Inspecteur Moroni 2 : Avec ou sans sucre'' (Dargaud, paperback, April 2002, ) * ''Comment ne rien faire'' (

La Pastèque La Pastèque is a French Canadian publisher of comics, based in Montréal, Québec. Overview La Pastèque ("The Watermelon" in English) was founded by Martin Brault and Frédéric Gauthier in Montréal, Québec in July 1998, and their firs ...

, paperback, August 2002, ; hardcover, November 2007, ) * ''

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'' (L'Association, paperback, June 2003, ) * ''Inspecteur Moroni 3 : Le Syndrome de Stockholm'' (Dargaud, paperback, July 2004, ) * ''Louis au ski'' ( Delcourt, paperback, November 2005, ) * ''L'Association en Inde'' (L'Association, paperback, March 2007, , with

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, Thiriet,

Katja Tukiainen Katja Maarit Tukiainen (born 1969) is a Finnish visual artist, painter and comic artist. She was the regional artist of Uusimaa from 1999 to 2001 and the 2003 winner of the Finnish Comic Society's annual Puupää Award. She received the Finnish ...

, and

Matti Hagelberg Matti Hagelberg (born 1964 Kirkkonummi) is a Finnish comic book artist, illustrator, graphical designer and teacher. He attended the University of Art and Design in Helsinki and achieved a Master of Arts degree. Hagelberg is the only famous Finni ...

) * '' Chroniques birmanes'' (Delcourt, paperback, November 2007, ) * ''Louis à la plage'' (Delcourt, paperback, August 2008, ) * ''La maison close'' (Delcourt, paperback, January 2010, , with Jérôme Mulot, Florent Ruppert, ''et al.'') * '' Chroniques de Jérusalem'' (Delcourt, paperback, November 2011, ) * ''Le guide du mauvais père tome 1'' (Delcourt, paperback, January 2013, ) * ''Le guide du mauvais père tome 2'' (Delcourt, paperback, January 2014, ) * ''Papier 4'' (Delcourt, paperback, September 2014, , with

Lewis Trondheim Lewis Trondheim (born Laurent Chabosy, , on 11 December 1964), is a French cartoonist and one of the founders (in 1990) of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic ''La Mouche'' and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animat ...

, Grégory Panaccione, ''et al.'') * ''Le guide du mauvais père tome 3'' (Delcourt, paperback, January 2015, ) * ''Croquis de Québec'' (Pow Pow, paperback, August 2016, ) * ''S'enfuir. Récit d'un otage'' (Dargaud, paperback, September 2016, ) * ''Le guide du mauvais père tome 4'' (Delcourt, paperback, June 2018, ) * ''Chroniques de jeunesse'' (Delcourt, paperback, January 2021, )

English language translations

* '' Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea'' (

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, hardcover, September 2005, ; paperback, May 2007, ) * '' Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China'' (Drawn & Quarterly, hardcover, October 2006, ; paperback, April 2012, ) * ''Aline and the Others'' (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, November 2006, ) * ''Albert and the Others'' (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, November 2007, ) * ''

'' (Drawn & Quarterly, hardcover, September 2008, ; paperback, September 2010, ) * '' Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City'' (Drawn & Quarterly, hardcover, April 2012, ; paperback, March 2015, ) * ''A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting'' (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, June 2013, ) * ''Even More Bad Parenting Advice'' (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, August 2014, ) * ''The Owner's Manual to Terrible Parenting'' (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, October 2015, ) * ''Hostage'' (Drawn & Quarterly, hardcover, April 2017, ) * ''The Handbook to Lazy Parenting'' (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, October 2019, ) * ''Factory Summers'' (Drawn & Quarterly, hardcover, June 2021, ) * ''World Record Holders'' (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, August 2022, )

References

External links

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Drawn & Quarterly profile
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