Philippe Fix (born 1 May 1937) is a French illustrator and author of children's books. He studied Decorative Arts in Strasbourg at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Career
editBorn in Grendelbruch, Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, Fix created the comic character Chouchou for the magazine Salut les copains in 1963.[1][2][3] The magazine Chouchou was founded specifically for the character in 1964,[4] and in the same year it appeared as a "singer" on two records with the voice of Jean-Jacques Debout at higher speed, including one song "La Mascotte des copains" with Fix's lyrics.[5][6][7] In 1965 it appeared in the magazine Pilote.[8] The book Chouchou au Far West was published in 1966.[9]
Books with Fix' illustrations have appeared in French, German, English, Italian, Finnish, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Swedish, Norwegian (bokmål), Spanish, Afrikaans, Japanese, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Hebrew.
Awards
edit- 1970 : "Mention" Premio Critici in Erba, Bologna Children's Book Fair[10] (Italy) for Serafin und seine Wundermaschine, written by Alain Grée and Janine Ast, which Fix illustrated.
- 1972 : "Mention" Premio Grafico Fiera di Bologna per l'Infanzia, Bologna Children's Book Fair[11] (Italy) for Serafin: lesen verboten, written by Alain Grée, illustrated by Fix.
- 1990: Hans Christian Andersen Diploma for Il y a cent ans déjà[12]
Bibliography
edit| Title | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| Chouchou au Far West | 1966 | |
| Le Merveilleux Chef-d'oeuvre de Séraphin (English title: The House That Beebo Built) | 1967 | 978-2842301491 |
| Séraphin contre Séraphin (English title: Beebo and the Fizzimen) | 1968 | |
| Défense de lire Séraphin (English title: Beebo & Ben and the Funny Machine) | 1968 | |
| The kangaroo with a hole in her pocket | 1968 | |
| Alexander and the Magic Mouse | 1969 | 9780828150064 |
| L'éléphant rose à point d'or (English title: Arabella, the pink and gold spotted elephant) | 1970 | |
| The Book of Giant Stories | 1972 | 978-1-56397-976-7 |
| Mumps und Tilli reisen mit der Zeitmaschine (English title: Tim and Tilly and the Time Machine) | 1977 | 3-257-00587-3 |
| Popcorn the Hipporhino | 1977 | 9780224013031 |
| Mumps und Tilli kehren zurück | 1978 | 9783257006070 |
| Le livre de Paris - 2/Chroniques Parisiennes | 1990 | 9782070395590 |
| L'atelier du Père Noël | 1992 | 9782070567737 |
| Weihnachtszeit, schönste Zeit | 1996 | 978-3473333653 |
| Contes populaires du Maroc (English title: Moroccan Myths & Legends) | 2003 | 978-2842301507 |
References
edit- ^ "Philippe Fix - 1 Buch". Perlentaucher (in German). 1 October 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Philippe Fix". lambiek.net. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ Entry on Philippe Fix at babelio
- ^ Article about the magazine Chouchou at bdzoom.com
- ^ Chouchou at Bide & Musique
- ^ JOHNNY HALLYDAY - L'idole (+Argus), by Daniel Lesueur, CAMION BLANC, 2010, ISBN 9782357791008
- ^ Souvenirs, souvenirs-- cent ans de chanson française by Bertrand Bonnieux, Pascal Cordereix, Élizabeth Giuliani, Gallimard, 2004. 9782070314812
- ^ "Fix". Bandes dessinées oubliées (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ Fix, P. (1966). Chouchou au far-west. Grands albums Hachette (in French). Hachette. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ (in Italian) Awardees Bologna Children's Book Fair 1970. Archived 2017-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Italian) Awardees Bologna Children's Book Fair 1972. Archived 2017-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "ALO docView - IBBY Honour List (1990) (1990)". Austrian Literature Online. Retrieved 4 December 2017.