Paule du Bouchet

Paule du Bouchet (born 19 April 1951) is a French writer, novelist and author of several books for youth. She is currently in charge of the Music Department of Gallimard Jeunesse.[1]

Paule du Bouchet
Paule du Bouchet in 2015
Born (1951-04-19) 19 April 1951
NationalityFrench
OccupationYouth literature writer

Career

Paule du Bouchet was born on 19 April 1951, daughter of André du Bouchet and Tina Jolas, Tina left the poet André and 6-year-old Paule for another poet René Char in 1957.[2]

She is passionate about music and pianist. Before working in book publishing, she studied philosophy and music, then she taught philosophy and gave musical training to children. She has been a journalist of the French magazine Okapi (Bayard Presse) from 1978 to 1985.[3] Later she turned her career towards publishing and youth literature. She has written many novels, including Chante, Luna in 2004, Le journal d’Adèle in 2007, À la vie à la mort, Comme un ours en cage, et cetera. She currently has published more than 40 works at Éditions Gallimard and is director of “Écoutez lire” since 2004, a collection of audiobooks produced by Gallimard.[1] She was also responsible for the Musique series of “Découvertes Gallimard” collection, and was its editor from 1984 to 1996.[3][4] Her book Picasso : Le sage et le fou, co-written with Marie-Laure Bernadac, from the same collection, was one of the bestsellers in France.[5]

At an interview with Le Monde de l'éducation, Paule shared her thoughts on youth literature: “Writing for teenagers involves two constraints that on the one hand, a simple expression, a clear writing style, direct without being simplistic; on the other hand, the expression of big questions, profound and existential ones that accompany adolescence and guide us as a lantern in the night –even if we are not aware of it later– in our whole life.”[6]

Selected publications
  • Co-author with Marie-Laure Bernadac, Picasso : Le sage et le fou, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 4), série Arts. Éditions Gallimard, 1986 (new edition in 2007)[7]
    • UK edition – Picasso: Master of the New, ‘New Horizons’ series. Thames & Hudson, 1993
    • US edition – Picasso: Master of the New Idea, “Abrams Discoveries” series. Harry N. Abrams, 1993
  • Magnificat : Jean-Sébastien Bach, le cantor, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 116), série Arts. Éditions Gallimard, 1991
  • Le journal d’Adèle, collection « Folio Junior » (nº 876). Éditions Gallimard, 1995 (new edition in 2007)
  • À la vie à la mort, collection « Pôle Fiction » (nº 85). Éditions Gallimard, 1999 (new edition in 2016)[8]
  • Comme un ours en cage, collection « Folio Junior » (nº 1139). Éditions Gallimard, 2001
  • Chante, Luna, collection « Pôle Fiction » (nº 97). Éditions Gallimard, 2004 (new edition in 2016)[9]
  • Prince Orpheus, illustrations by Fabian Negrin, J. Paul Getty Museum Publications, 2004

References
  1. "PAULE DU BOUCHET". gallimard.fr (in French). 2004-05-18. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  2. Cahen, Didier (2011-05-05). ""Emportée", de Paule du Bouchet : pour l'amour d'une mère..." lemonde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  3. Bernadac, Marie-Laure; Du Bouchet, Paule (2011). Picasso: Genialidad en el arte. Coll. “Biblioteca ilustrada” (in Spanish). 8. Translated by Jarrín Rodríguez, Teresa. Barcelona: Blume Naturart. p. 10. ISBN 978-84-8076-934-1. About the authors
  4. "Paule du Bouchet". babelio.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  5. "Collection Découvertes Gallimard". gallimard.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  6. "Paule Du Bouchet". gallimard-jeunesse.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-27. En savoir plus
  7. "Picasso : Le sage et le fou, collection Découvertes Gallimard (n° 4)". gallimard.fr (in French). 2007. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  8. "À la vie à la mort, collection Pôle Fiction (n° 85)". gallimard.fr (in French). 2016. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  9. "Chante, Luna, collection Pôle Fiction (n° 97)". gallimard.fr (in French). 2016. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
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