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
Born in Grendelbruch, Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, Fix created the comic character Chouchou for the magazine Salut les copains in 1963. The magazine Chouchou was founded specifically for the character in 1964, 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. In 1965 it appeared in the magazine Pilote. The book Chouchou au Far West was published in 1966.
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
- 1970 : "Mention" Premio Critici in Erba, Bologna Children's Book Fair (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 (Italy) for Serafin: lesen verboten, written by Alain Grée, illustrated by Fix.
- 1990: Hans Christian Andersen Diploma for Il y a cent ans déjà
Bibliography
| 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
- "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.
Sources
- Philippe Fix on ricochet-jeunes.org
- Illustrations at theartofchildrenspicturebooks.blogspot.de
- The Book of Giant Stories, Publishers Weekly
- Not So Very Long Ago: Life in a Small Country Village, Publishers Weekly