Gilbert Delahaye
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Gilbert Delahaye (19 March 1923 – 6 December 1997) was a Belgian author. He is best known for the Martine books, a series of illustrated children's stories he prepared with artist Marcel Marlier.
In popular culture
His book, Martine à la ferme, appears in the 2002 French film, L'Auberge espagnole. A principal character in the film (Audrey Tautou) states that she was named after Delahaye's Martine.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110425141347/http://www.servicedulivre.be/fiches/d/delahaye.htm Gilbert Delahaye at Service du Livre Luxembourgeois] {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.decitre.fr/livres/La-farandole-des-animaux.aspx/9782203182677 La farandole des animaux. Poésies et comptines at Decitre] {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Belgian writers in French
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