French

FRENCH	GERMAN		ITALIAN		PORTUGUESE		SPANISH
Picture books		Children		Teenagers		Background

• Battut, Eric

Battut was born in Chamalières where he lives and works today as a children’s illustrator. He made his debut in 1996. More…

• Bloch, Serge

Born in Colmar in 1956, Bloch is a visual designer for various children’s magazines and a very popular illustrator of children’s books. More…

• Corentin, Philippe

Phillipe Corentin, whose real name is Phillipe Le Saux, was born in 1936 in Boulogne. He spent his childhood in Quimper. More…

• Crozon, Alain

Born in Paris 1970, Crozon now lives in Chateauroux. He studied in Paris at the Ecole des Arts décoratifs. More…

• Jiang Hong Chen

Jiang Hong Chen was born in China in 1963 and was initiated to the Fine Arts in Beijing. More…

• Maes, Dominique

Dominique Maes was born in Brussels in 1957. More…

• Norac, Carl

Carl Norac, son of a writer and a comedy actress, was born in Mons (Belgium) in 1960. He grew up in a popular urban environment, and with a group of friends he enacted the adventures of Enid Blyton’s characters. More…

• Picouly, Daniel

Daniel Picouly was born in Villemomble in 1948. He published his first work of fiction with the help of Daniel Pennac. More…

• Ramos, Mario

Born in Brussels in 1958, of Belgian and Portuguese descent, Ramos worked for many years as an illustrator for the media. More…

• Roca, François

He was born in Lyon in 1971, and pursued art studies in Paris. In 1996 Roca began to produce illustrations for the young. More…

• Solotareff, Grégoire

Grégoire Solotareff was born in Alexandria and is now considered as one of the most popular illustrators in France. More…

• Tullet, Hervé

Having become addicted to children’s literature since the age of 9, Hervé Tullet has published around a dozen books, after working for 11 years in publicity. More…

• Ungerer, Tomi

Jean-Thomas (Tomi) Ungerer was born in Strasbourg in a family of clockmakers. He was deeply upset by his father’s death in 1935 and by the German occupation of Alsace. More…