Jean de brunhoff biography of donald
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De Brunhoff, Jean, 1899-1937. (father; painter)
De Brunhoff, Cecile, 1904-2003. (mother)
De Brunhoff, Laurent, 1925- (son)
Cécile de Brunhoff, 99, Creator of Babar
By PAUL LEWIS
New York Times, April 8, 2003
Cécile de Brunhoff, whose husband turned a bedtime tale she told their children into the world-famous stories about Babar the Elephant, died yesterday in Paris. She was 99.
The first tale of Babar, family members said, materialized one night in 1930 when Mrs. de Brunhoff's son Mathieu complained of feeling ill. To soothe him, she told him and his brother Laurent a story about a young orphaned elephant who sets out to visit a city that is clearly Paris. He steals some money and goes on a shopping spree before being persuaded by his cousins t
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From The Archive: Jean de Brunhoff 📜
The first book was titled Histoire de Babar – The Story of Babarand was published by Les Jardins des Modes in 1931. It tells the story of a young African elephant who leaves the jungle after his mother his shot, and travels to Paris, before eventually returning to the jungle with a new education and culture. The book enjoyed immediate success upon its release which prompted the publication of an English language version in the States, and in the UK by Methuen in 1933, introduced by A. A. Milne.
Jean wrote a further six Babar stories – The Travels of Babar, Babar the King, A.B.C of Babar, Zephir’s Holidays, Babar and His Children, Babar and Father Christmas – before he sadly died from tuberculosis on 16th October 1937, aged only 37. His son, Laurent de Brunhoff, extended his father’s legacy by training himself to paint in the same style, and eventually went on to publish over 45 new Babar books himself.
The success of Babar speaks for itself. The character is so popular that the books were made into a tv series in the late 80s/early 90s, in addition to a number of films. Over 8 million Babar books have been sold across 17 different languages, and there are even Babar stores in Japan. The little elephant has a large follo
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The Music topple Silence
A vignette of cease unlikely monk
By Phyllis Rose
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