Monique Martin (alias Gabrielle Vincent; 9 September 1928 – 24 September 2000) was a Belgian writer and illustrator of children's books. She is most famous for the children's book series Ernest & Celestine.
Biography
Monique Martin was born in Brussels on 9 September 1928, and died there on 24 September 2000. Her nom de plume is derived from the first names of her grandparents, Gabrielle and Vincent.
She worked as a painter of water color before beginning a career in the 1980s as an illustrator with the series Ernest et Célestine, adapted for cinema in 2012.
Works
- Un jour, un chien (1982)
- Brel : 24 portraits (1989)
- Carnet du désert (1992)
- La Petite Marionnette (1992)
- Lettre à une amie (1993)
- Papouli et Federico - Le Grand Arbre (1994)
- Papouli et Federico - A la mer (1994)
- Papouli et Federico - Dans la forêt (1994)
- Au bonheur des chats (1995)
- Je voudrais qu'on m'écoute (1995)
- Au bonheur des ours (1995)
- J'ai une lettre pour vous (1995)
- La Montgolfière (1996)
- Nabil (2004)
- Le Violoniste (2006)
- Désordre au paradis (2008)
References
- "Gabrielle Vincent". lambiek.net. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- "Casterman - Gabrielle Vincent". Casterman (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- Mini-biographie sur ricochet-jeunes.org Archived 2016-09-13 at the Wayback Machine.
- "Fondation Monique Martin (Gabrielle Vincent)". Fondation Monique Martin (Gabrielle Vincent) (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
External links
Categories:- 1928 births
- 2000 deaths
- 20th-century Belgian women writers
- 20th-century Belgian writers
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers
- Artists from Brussels
- Belgian children's book illustrators
- Belgian children's writers
- Belgian illustrators
- Belgian women children's writers
- Belgian women children's book illustrators
- Belgian writers in French
- Pseudonymous women writers