Stéphane Poulin (born 1961) is a Canadian children's book author and illustrator living in

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. He was born in

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, and studied graphic arts at

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. In 1983, Poulin received honourable mention as children's book illustrator in a competition held by Communication-Jeunesse. The following year, he was awarded "Best in Show." In 1985, he published his first book ''ah belle cité!/a beautiful city: abc''; the paintings used to illustrate the book were shown at the Galerie l'Art Français in Montreal. His 1986 books ''Album de famille'' and ''As-tu vu Joséphine?'' received the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize for illustration. ''Album de famille'' also received the

Prix Québec-Wallonie-Bruxelles de littérature de jeunesse The Prix Québec-Wallonie-Bruxelles de littérature de jeunesse is a literary award given out every two years for French language children's literature. The award is given to writers and illustrators from Quebec and the French-speaking community of ...

. In 1989, he received the

Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People The Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, colloquially called the Vicky, is given annually at the Writers' Trust Awards to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth". It is a top honour for ...

Selected works

Source: * ''Peux-tu attraper Joséphine?'' (1986), won an award in a literary contest run by the ''Boston Globe''; translated as '' Can You Catch Josephine?'', won the

Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award The Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award is an annual literary award for children's picture illustrators. It was established in 1985 following the death of Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver, one of Canada's pre-eminent book illustrators. In ...

and was named to the

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(IBBY) honour list * ''Benjamin et la saga des oreillers'' (1989), received the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize for illustration * ''Un voyage pour deux'' (1991), received a Mr. Christie's Book Award for illustration and was also named to the IBBY honour list * ''Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée'' (1996), received a Mr. Christie's Book Award for illustration * ''Petit zizi'' (1997), received the Prix illustrations jeunesse GLV * ''Vieux Thomas et la petite fée'' (2000), received a Mr. Christie's Book Award for text and illustration and also received the Prix illustrations jeunesse GLV * ''Un chant de Noël'' (2003), received the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award

References

External links

* Archives of Stéphane Pouli
(Fonds Stéphane Poulin, R11791)
are held at

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. Fonds consists of seven illustrations. {{DEFAULTSORT:Poulin, Stephane 1961 births Living people Canadian children's writers in French Canadian children's book illustrators Writers from Montreal Collège Ahuntsic alumni