Guillaume Duprat (Author)
Guillaume Duprat (* 1973 in Paris ) is a French author and illustrator of children's books.
Life
Guillaume Duprat graduated from the École Estienne in Paris with a diploma . He did his military service in the mid-1990s in a cultural center in Guinea-Bissau . This marked a turning point in his life. He was interested in African culture, collected notes and drew. He continued these ethnographic studies on trips to India , Mali , Japan and Southeast Asia .
He has published images in Geo , Ciel et Espace , Toc , Focus , Les Cahiers Science et Vie and Macrocosme magazines . He describes himself as " chercheur indépendant en cosmologie " (German: "independent researcher of cosmology ") or "cosmographer".
"Ce qui m'intéresse, c'est de me mettre la tête à l'envers pour déconstruire ce qu'on connaît. »
"What interests me: racking my brains about how to deconstruct our knowledge ."
«Je me sens bien en collectionneur de mondes. C'est comme un voyage immobile. Je me situe dans cet espace imaginaire, entre la science et le grand public. J'aime connecter les deux. La science est porteuse d'un imaginaire très continues. »
“I feel good as a collector of worlds. It's like a motionless journey. I put myself in this imaginary space between science and the public. I love combining these two. Science carries a very strong imagination. "
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Works
- with Leila Haddad: Mondes, mythes et images de l'univers. Seuil, 2006
- German: Since when has the earth been round? How the peoples imagine our planet. Knesebeck, Munich 2009, translated by Stephanie Singh , ISBN 978-3-86873-135-4
- Le Livre des Terres imaginées. Seuil, 2008
- with Leila Haddad: Cosmos, une histoire du ciel. Seuil, 2009
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Zooptique - Imagine ce que les animaux voient. Seuil, 2013
- German: What does the earthworm actually see? Knesebeck, Munich 2014
Awards
- 2009: Lynx of the month 271 for Since when has the earth been round? How the peoples imagine our planet.
- 2009: Bologna Ragazzi Award for Le Livre des Terres imaginées. (Text and illustration)
Web links
- Guillaume Duprat's website
- Short biography and reviews of works by Guillaume Duprat at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Catherine Mary: Guillaume Duprat collectionne des mondes. In: Le Monde , March 26, 2014, p. 7
- ↑ Reviews. perlentaucher.de; accessed on October 8, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duprat, Guillaume |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author and illustrator of children's books |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |