Ginette Anfousse

Ginette Anfousse
Born	May 27, 1944  (age 77) Montreal
Alma mater	École des beaux-arts de Montréal
Occupation	Illustrator, children's writer

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Ginette Anfousse (born May 27, 1944) is a Quebec writer and illustrator of children's books.^[1]

Life[]

She was born in Montreal and was educated at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal. She also studied engraving at the Atelier Graff in Montreal and the Atelier de l'Île in Val-David. Anfousse worked as a visual designer for Radio Canada from 1968 to 1970 and for Radio Quebec from 1970 to 1975.^[2] In 1978, she founded her own design company.^[1]

Her first stories Mon Ami Pichou and La Cachette were published in 1976. She has also contributed to the magazines Perspectives, Lurelu and Livre d'ici.^[1]

Anfousse has received the Children's Literature prize from the Canada Council twice: for La Chicane and La Varicelle (1979) and Un Loup pour Rose and Une Nuit au pays des malices (1983). In 1987, she was awarded the Prix Fleury-Mesplet for her work.^[2]

Many of her books have been translated into English;^[1] some have been translated into Italian, German, Spanish and Chinese.^[3]

Selected works[]

• La Chicane (1979), included on the Honour List of the International Board on Books for Young People in Prague^[3]
• Le Savon (1980)
• L'Hiver ou le Bonhomme Sept-heures (1980)
• Les Catastrophes de Rosalie (1987), received the Prix Québec-Wallonie-Bruxelles, finalist for the Governor General's Awards in 1987
• Rosalie s'en va-t-en guerre (1989), received the Mr. Christie's Book Award
• Un Terrible secret (1991), finalist for the Governor General's Awards in 1991
• Rosalie à la belle étoile (1998)

References[]

External links[]

• Anfousse at Library of Congress Authorities, with 6 catalogue records
• (in French) Archives of Ginette Anfousse (Fonds Ginette Anfousse, R11698) are held at Library and Archives Canada

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