Hervé Tullet (born June 29, 1958) is a French artist, performer, illustrator and children's literature author who has written over 80 books. His 2010 book ''Press Here'' remained on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list in the Children's Picture Books category for over 4 years.

Biography

Tullet was born on June 29, 1958, in

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, France. After studying illustration and visual

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, he worked for about ten years in

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. In the early 1990s, he started working as an illustrator for the press. In 1994, his first children's book, ''Comment papa a rencontré maman'' was published by Le Seuil. Recognition was not long in coming: he received the Non-Fiction Prize at the

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in 1998 for ''Faut pas confondre''. Tullet has written over 80 books translated in over 30 languages. His books favor following a path as opposed to a narrative. Tullet also lead workshops bringing together up to several hundred people. Among the space where they were held:

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and

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. ''Press Here'' (US 2011, orig published in France 2010 as ''Un livre'') is his biggest success. This "interactive book" published in the United-States by Handprint Books/

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has sold over 2 million copies throughout the world and has been translated into over 35 languages. It stayed on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list in the Children's Picture Books category for over 4 years. Tullet lives in New York in the United-States since 2015 where he created several exhibitions at the Invisible Dog Art Center and at the

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. In 2018, Tullet held his first retrospective in

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at the

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, Korea. Tullet also launched The Ideal Exhibition with Hervé Tullet in 2018, a multifaceted collaborative project based on his art, aesthetics and philosophy. The project consists of

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workshops in the form of a

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and a sharing device in the form of a collective virtual exhibition.

Books

Tullet has written over 80 books since 1994, including: * ''Press Here'', Handprint Books/Chronicle Books, 2011 * ''Doodle Cook'',

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, 2013 * ''Mix It Up'', Handprint Books/Chronicle Books, 2014 * ''Herve Tullet's Art Workshops for Children'',

, 2015 * ''Say Zoop,'' Handprint Books/Chronicle Books, 2017 * ''I Have an Idea'', Handprint Books/Chronicle Books, 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tullet, Hervé 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers French children's writers 1958 births Living people Artists from Manche French illustrators French expatriates in the United States