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Alain Grée (; 21 July 1936 – 28 February 2025) was a French illustrator and author.


Education

Grée studied in Paris at the
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(atelier d'Art Graphique) and at the
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.


Career

Grée wrote three detective novels ("La Chouette" editions) and produced children's broadcasts on the French national television for two years. As an author and illustrator of children's books, Alain Grée published over 300 works for several publishers, including
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and
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, most of them in the 1960s and 1970s. His books were translated into 25 different languages. In that same period, Alain Grée also invented illustrated artwork for 12 educational board games for children, issued by Nathan.Lauréats Foire du livre de jeunesse de Bologne 1970.
/ref> Grée also worked as an illustrator for ''Pomme d'Api'' and ''Journal de Babar'' magazines. He later created 10 books as initiation works to ship navigation for Gallimard editions. He worked as a journalist for the ''Voiles et Voiliers'' sailing ships magazine for 20 years, and was working as a graphic designer and editor of advertising publications at the time of his death.


Personal life and death

Grée married Monique in 1960 at
Balbigny Balbigny () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. History Balbigny owes its name to a Roman general named Balbinius who based himself here in order to conduct a war. Nothing survives from this period. The earliest identifie ...
, and they had two children. His main hobby and passion was sailing, and he owned several sailboats. In the 1970s, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean twice. Grée died in
Gassin Gassin () is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (département), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in southeastern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (T ...
, France on 28 February 2025, at the age of 88.


Major books

;Hachette * Il y a ... series (1966–1967) * J'apprends ... series (1968–1975) * Qu'est-ce qui ... series (1966–1976) * les racontes series (1969–1971) * je serai series (1972–1973) ;Casterman * Achille et Bergamote series (1962–1983) * CADET-RAMA series (1962–1983) * ROMEO series (1966–1968) ;Other publishers * FERNAND NATHAN EDITIONS (1959–1962) * FLEURUS EDITIONS (1963–1964) * GAUTIER-LANGUEREAU EDITIONS (1963–1964) * FARANDOLE EDITIONS (1963) * ARMAND COLIN EDITIONS (1966–1967)


References


External links


Alain Gree Official Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gree, Alain 1936 births 2025 deaths French children's writers French illustrators École des Beaux-Arts alumni People from Val-d'Oise French male writers