Jean-Pierre Davidts

Jean-Pierre Davidts (* 1950 in Liège , Belgium ) is a Canadian children's author, translator and biologist .

Live and act

As a child, Jean-Pierre Davidts loved Belgian cartoons and comics . He emigrated to Canada in 1961, where he still lives in Québec today. In 1973 he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology and in 1975 a Master of Arts in Translation from the Collège Mont-Saint-Louis in Montreal . His best known book was published in 1997 with the title Le petit prince retrouve ( The Little Prince Returns ). This is the unofficial sequel to The Little Prince and a tribute to Saint-Exupery . Before that, he had already written ten children's books.

Awards

In 1995 Davidts was awarded the Prix ​​Desjardins in the category "Youth Literature".

Works as an author (selection)

• Contes du chat gris. With illustrations by Dominique Jolin, Boréal, Montreal 1994, ISBN 2-89052-643-7 .
• La machine à laver hantée. With illustrations by Luc Bélanger, La Vache volante, Gatineau, Québec 1995, ISBN 2-92181-001-8 .
• Nouveaux contes du chat gris. With illustrations by Jacques Laplante, Boréal, Montreal 1995, ISBN 2-89052-693-3 .
• Le Chat gris raconte. With illustrations by Pascale Constantin, Boréal, Montreal 1996, ISBN 2-89052-739-5 .
• Le petit prince retrouve. With illustrations by Marie-Claude Favreau, Les Intouchables, Québec 1997, ISBN 2-92177-538-7 .
  • The little prince returns . Translated from the French by Brigitte Große , Rotbuch-Verlag, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-434-54501-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Jean-Pierre Davidts in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Literature by and about Jean-Pierre David's in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Jean-Pierre Davidts ( Memento of the original dated August 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. piper.de. Retrieved August 29, 2014. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jean-Pierre David's collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved August 29, 2014.