Stéphane Jorisch is a
Canadian
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artist and illustrator. He is a two-time winner of the
, winning in 1993 for ''Le Monde selon Jean de ...'' and in 1999 for ''Charlotte et l'île du destin'', and a two-time winner of the
, in 2004 for ''
Jabberwocky
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'' and in 2008 for ''The Owl and the Pussycat''.
In 2008 he was also cowinner with
Gilles Vigneault
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of the
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
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in the French division, for ''Un cadeau pour Sophie''.
His daughter
Édith Jorisch is a filmmaker. Her documentary film ''The Heir (L'héritier)'', about her grandfather's quest to reclaim art lost by the family to the
Nazis
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during
World War II
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, won a
Prix Gémeaux
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in 2017 and the Michael Moskovitz Award for a Film in 2018.
"French-language history of Quebec Jews wins J.I. Segal Award"
''Canadian Jewish News
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'', November 6, 2018.
References
20th-century Canadian artists
21st-century Canadian artists
Canadian children's book illustrators
Governor General's Award–winning children's illustrators
Jewish Canadian artists
Artists from Quebec
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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