Michael Farr (born 1953) is a British expert on the comic series ''

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'' and its creator,

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. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has also written about other subjects.

Biography

Michael Farr was born in 1953 in Paris to an Austrian-Czech mother, Hildegarde Farr (née Pisarowitz) and a British journalist father, Walter Farr. Educated at Harrow School, and then a history scholar at Trinity College Cambridge, he read Theology as his part one before changing to Fine Art in which he gained an MA. He became a reporter, first for

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and then the

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, travelling around the world as a foreign correspondent. After meeting Hergé, Farr started writing books about Tintin. Farr was the first to gain full access to the files and material Hergé had used in developing the Tintin stories, for his book ''Tintin: The Complete Companion.'' In 2004 Farr was interviewed on

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News in a section on the Tintin exhibition at the

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. He appeared in 2003 in the documentary film, ''

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''. He now lives in London with his German wife and daughter. Farr is multilingual in English, French, German and Italian. He wrote a French version of ''Tintin: The Complete Companion'' at the same time as he wrote the English version.

Bibliography

Books on Tintin

* ''Tintin, 60 years Of Adventure'' * '' Tintin: The Complete Companion'' * ''Tintin & Co.'' * ''Tintin'' * ''Snowy'' * ''Haddock'' * ''Calculus'' * ''Castafiore'' * ''Thomson and Thompson'' * ''Chang'' * ''Alcazar'' * ''Lampion'' * ''Müller'' * ''Rastapopoulos'' * ''Abdullah'' * ''The Adventures Of Hergé, Creator Of Tintin''

Tintin-related books translated into English

* ''Tintin and the World of Hergé'' by Benoit Peeters * ''Hergé and Tintin, Reporters'' by Philippe Goddin * ''The Adventures of Tintin at Sea'' by Yves Horeau * ''The Art of Hergé, Inventor of Tintin, Vol. I'' by Philippe Goddin * ''The Art of Hergé, Inventor of Tintin, Vol. II'' by Philippe Goddin * ''The Art of Hergé, Inventor of Tintin, Vol. III'' by Philippe Goddin * All the digital versions of ''

'' released via Moulinsart's official Tintin app in

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(the original Michael Turner and Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper translations are not used for the digital releases) * '' Tintin in America'' new 2020 Moulsinart translation for colorized edition of the original 1932 version.
Michael Farr, translator of the new version of "Tintin in America" in English

Other books

* ''Vanishing Borders'' * ''Berlin! Berlin!''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farr, Michael 1953 births Living people People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British non-fiction writers 21st-century British translators The Adventures of Tintin British people of Austrian descent British people of Czech descent British male writers Hergé British male non-fiction writers