Gabrielle Vincent
{{short description|Belgian illustrator and writer}}
{{distinguish|Gaby Vincent}}{{Infobox writer
| name = Gabrielle Vincent
| birth_name = Monique Martin
| birth_date = 9 September 1928
| death_date = 24 September 2000 (Age 72)
| birth_place = Brussels
| death_place = Brussels
| nationality = Belgian
| notable_works = Ernest & Celestine
}}
Monique Martin (alias Gabrielle Vincent; 9 September 1928 – 24 September 2000) was a Belgian writer and illustrator of children's books. She is most famous for the children's book series Ernest & Celestine.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vincent_gabrielle.htm|title=Gabrielle Vincent|website=lambiek.net|access-date=29 January 2023}}
Biography
Monique Martin was born in Brussels on 9 September 1928, and died there on 24 September 2000.{{Cite web|title=Casterman - Gabrielle Vincent|url=https://www.casterman.com/Jeunesse/Auteurs/vincent-gabrielle|access-date=2020-06-18|website=Casterman|language=fr}} Her nom de plume is derived from the first names of her grandparents, Gabrielle and Vincent.
She worked as a painter of water color[http://ricochet-jeunes.org/illustrateurs/recherche/1439-gabrielle-vincent Mini-biographie sur ricochet-jeunes.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913131913/http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/illustrateurs/recherche/1439-gabrielle-vincent |date=2016-09-13 }}. before beginning a career in the 1980s as an illustrator with the series Ernest et Célestine, adapted for cinema in 2012.{{cite web|title=Fondation Monique Martin (Gabrielle Vincent)|url=https://www.fondation-monique-martin.be/|access-date=2020-06-18|website=Fondation Monique Martin (Gabrielle Vincent)|language=fr-FR}}
Works
- Un jour, un chien (1982)
- Brel : 24 portraits (1989)
- Carnet du désert (1992)
- La Petite Marionnette (1992)
- Lettre à une amie (1993)
- Papouli et Federico - Le Grand Arbre (1994)
- Papouli et Federico - A la mer (1994)
- Papouli et Federico - Dans la forêt (1994)
- Au bonheur des chats (1995)
- Je voudrais qu'on m'écoute (1995)
- Au bonheur des ours (1995)
- J'ai une lettre pour vous (1995)
- La Montgolfière (1996)
- Nabil (2004)
- Le Violoniste (2006)
- Désordre au paradis (2008)
References
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External links
- [http://fondation-monique-martin.be Site de la Fondation Monique Martin (Gabrielle Vincent)]
- [https://lambiek.net/artists/v/vincent_gabrielle.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia biography.]
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category:20th-century Belgian women writers
category:20th-century Belgian writers
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category:artists from Brussels
category:Belgian children's book illustrators
category:Belgian children's writers
category:20th-century Belgian illustrators
category:Belgian women children's writers
category:Belgian women children's book illustrators
category:Belgian writers in French