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Philippe Fix
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Philippe Fix (born 1 May 1937) is a French illustrator and author of children's books. He studied Decorative Arts in Strasbourg at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Career
Born in Grendelbruch, Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, Fix created the comic character Chouchou for the magazine Salut les copains in 1963.[1][2][3] The magazine Chouchou was founded specifically for the character in 1964,[4] and in the same year it appeared as a "singer" on two records with the voice of Jean-Jacques Debout at higher speed, including one song "La Mascotte des copains" with Fix's lyrics.[5][6][7] In 1965 it appeared in the magazine Pilote.[8] The book Chouchou au Far West was published in 1966.[9]
Books with Fix' illustrations have appeared in French, German, English, Italian, Finnish, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Swedish, Norwegian (bokmål), Spanish, Afrikaans, Japanese, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Hebrew.
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Awards
- 1970 : "Mention" Premio Critici in Erba, Bologna Children's Book Fair[10] (Italy) for Serafin und seine Wundermaschine, written by Alain Grée and Janine Ast, which Fix illustrated.
- 1972 : "Mention" Premio Grafico Fiera di Bologna per l'Infanzia, Bologna Children's Book Fair[11] (Italy) for Serafin: lesen verboten, written by Alain Grée, illustrated by Fix.
- 1990: Hans Christian Andersen Diploma for Il y a cent ans déjà[12]
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