Daphné Collignon (born 8 September 1977,

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) is a French

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. She also illustrates children's books.

Biography

A graduate of the

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, Collignon began by illustrating

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, ''Le Rêve de Pierres''. Collignon continued with the two volumes of ''Cœlacanthes''. In 2009, she collaborated with the reporter, Anne Nivat on the album, . In 2010, Collignon participated in the series created by

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: '. Subsequently, she has collaborated regularly with scriptwriter

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. Collignon also illustrates

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including ''Badésirédudou'', ''Mélodie des Iles'', ''Trois Gouttes de Sang'', ''Chaân'', ''La Petite Maison dans la Prairie'', ''La Guerre de l'Ours'', ''Calpurnia'', ''Camille Claudel'', and ''Marie Curia''. Collignon also taught at the École Émile-Cohl in

. She participated in the collective album, ''Cher corps'' (2019), resulting from the work of

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r, .

Awards and recognition

* Prix Ballon rouge, , 2004. * Selection of the , 2016 for ''Flora et les Étoiles Filantes'' with Chantal Van Den Heuvel

Selected works

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* ''Le Rêve de Pierres'', with

(scriptwriter), "Équinoxe", 2004 * ''Cœlacanthes'' - ''Vol. 1 : Noa'' (scriptwriter, drawing, and coloring), Vents d'Ouest "Équinoxe", 2006 * ''Récits Ferroviaires'' (scriptwriter, drawing, and coloring), collectif, Éditions Ouest-France, 2006 * ''Cœlacanthes'' - ''Vol. 2 : Emma'' (scriptwriter, drawing, and coloring), Vents d'Ouest "Équinoxe", 2007 * ''Correspondante de guerre'' (scriptwriter, drawing, and coloring), with Anne Nivat (scriptwriter),

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, 2009 * Marie Moinard and collective, ''En chemin elle rencontre... : Les artistes se mobilisent contre la violence faite aux femmes'', /

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, September 2009 * ''Destins'' - ''Vol. 2 : Le Fils'' (drawing and colors), with Virginie Greiner (scriptwriter),

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"Grafica", 2010 * ''Sirène'' (scriptwriter, drawing, and coloring),

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, 2013 * ''Avant l'heure du tigre : La voie Malraux'' (drawing and coloring), with Virginie Greiner, Glénat, 2015 * ''Flora et les Étoiles Filantes'' (adaptation, staging, drawing, and coloring) with Chantal Van Den Heuvel,

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, 2015 * ''Tamara de Lempicka'' (drawing and coloring), with Virginie Greiner (scriptwriter), Glénat, 2017 * ''Calpurnia'', with Jacqueline Kelly (scriptwriter) (adaptation), , 2018 * ''Cher corps'', with Léa Bordier (scriptwriter), Delcourt, 2019 * ''Calpurnia'', Vol. 2, with Jacqueline Kelly (scriptwriter) (adaptation), Rue de Sèvres, 2020

As illustrator

* ''Douze histoires de la Bible'', by Geneviève Laurencin,

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, 2001 * ''Quinze histoires de la Bible'', by Geneviève Laurencin, Flammarion, 2001 * ''Izmir'', by Patrick Vendamme, Flammarion "", 2002 * ''L'Ane et le Lion'', by Jean Muzi, Flammarion "Père Castor", 2002 * ''Pas touche à mon copain'', by Philippe Barbeau, Flammarion "Castor cadet", 2003 * ''Mamie mystère'', by ,

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"Cadet Plus", 2004 * ''La Danse de Fiona'', by Nathalie Somers, "Premiers Romans", 2010 * ''Badésirédudou'', by Marie-Claude Bérot, Flammarion "Père Castor", 2012 (illustrated reissue) * ''Le B.A ba de la Savate - Boxe française'', by Victor Sebastiao, Fleur de Ville Éditions, 2013 * ''Ma Vie de Chien'', by France Quatromme, Fleur de Ville Éditions, 2014 * ''Sorcière des Brumes'', by Lena Kaaberbol, Vol. 1, 2, and 3,

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"Jeunesse", 2016–17 * ''Calpurnia, Apprentie Vétérinaire'' (3 vol.), by Jacqueline Kelly, , 2017–18 * ''Camille Claudel'', by Bénédicte Solle-Bazaille, Bayard "Roman Doc Art", 2019

References

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