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Michael Farr (born 1953) is a British expert on the comic series ''
The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comi ...
'' and its creator,
Hergé Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ...
. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has also written about other subjects.


Biography

Michael Farr was born in 1953 in Paris to an Austrian-Czech mother, Hildegarde Farr (née Pisarowitz) and a British journalist father, Walter Farr. Educated at Harrow School, and then a history scholar at Trinity College Cambridge, he read Theology as his part one before changing to Fine Art in which he gained an MA. He became a reporter, first for
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and then the Daily Telegraph, travelling around the world as a foreign correspondent. After meeting Hergé, Farr started writing books about Tintin. Farr was the first to gain full access to the files and material Hergé had used in developing the Tintin stories, for his book ''Tintin: The Complete Companion.'' In 2004 Farr was interviewed on
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. He appeared in 2003 in the documentary film, ''
Tintin and I ''Tintin and I'' (French: ''Tintin et moi'', also known as ''Tintin and Me'') is a 2003 documentary by Anders Høgsbro Østergaard, about Belgian writer-artist Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, and his creation Tintin. The film is a co-produc ...
''. He now lives in London with his German wife and daughter. Farr is multilingual in English, French, German and Italian. He wrote a French version of ''Tintin: The Complete Companion'' at the same time as he wrote the English version.


Bibliography


Books on Tintin

* ''Tintin, 60 years Of Adventure'' * '' Tintin: The Complete Companion'' * ''Tintin & Co.'' * ''Tintin'' * ''Snowy'' * ''Haddock'' * ''Calculus'' * ''Castafiore'' * ''Thomson and Thompson'' * ''Chang'' * ''Alcazar'' * ''Lampion'' * ''Müller'' * ''Rastapopoulos'' * ''Abdullah'' * ''The Adventures Of Hergé, Creator Of Tintin''


Tintin-related books translated into English

* ''Tintin and the World of Hergé'' by Benoit Peeters * ''Hergé and Tintin, Reporters'' by Philippe Goddin * ''The Adventures of Tintin at Sea'' by Yves Horeau * ''The Art of Hergé, Inventor of Tintin, Vol. I'' by Philippe Goddin * ''The Art of Hergé, Inventor of Tintin, Vol. II'' by Philippe Goddin * ''The Art of Hergé, Inventor of Tintin, Vol. III'' by Philippe Goddin * All the digital versions of ''
The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comi ...
'' released via Moulinsart's official Tintin app in
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(the original Michael Turner and Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper translations are not used for the digital releases) * ''
Tintin in America ''Tintin in America'' (french: link=no, Tintin en Amérique) is the third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement ...
'' new 2020 Moulsinart translation for colorized edition of the original 1932 version.
Michael Farr, translator of the new version of "Tintin in America" in English


Other books

* ''Vanishing Borders'' * ''Berlin! Berlin!''


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farr, Michael 1953 births Living people People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British non-fiction writers British translators Tintin British people of Austrian descent British people of Czech descent British male writers Hergé Male non-fiction writers