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Anne Villeneuve

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Nationality
  
Canadian

Education
  
Dawson College

Alma mater
  
Dawson College

Anne Villeneuve wwwkidscanpresscomsitesdefaultfilescreators

Born
  
September 7, 1966 (age 50) Montreal (
1966-09-07
)

Books
  
Loula Is Leaving for Africa, The Red Scarf, Arthur's dad, Felicio's Incredible Invention, Arthur throws a tantrum

Similar
  
François Barcelo, Ginette Anfousse, Cécile Gagnon, Jean‑Pierre Davidts, Robert Soulieres

Anne Villeneuve (born September 7, 1966) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books who lives in Quebec.

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Life

She was born in Montreal and studied design and illustration at CEGEP Dawson. She was a finalist in the Communication-Jeunesse/Culinar competition. Villeneuve also has done artwork for scenery for Cirque du Soleil shows, murals for Red Bull and posters for the Dairy Farmers of Canada.

Selected works

  • Arthur’s Dad (1991), text by Ginette Anfousse
  • Une gardienne pour Étienne (1998)
  • L’Écharpe Rouge (1999), translated as The Red Scarf (2005)
  • Me voilà! (2004), text by Nathalie Savaria
  • Mysteries for Félicio (2000), text by Mireille Villeneuve
  • Le nul et la chipie (2004), text by François Barcelo,
  • Chère Traudi (2008)
  • Loula et la recette fantasformidable, translated as Loula and the Sister Recipe (2014)
  • Loula part pour l’Afrique, translated as Loula is Leaving for Africa (2014),

    • Awards

  • 1998: won a Mr. Christie's Book Award for Une gardienne pour Étienne.
  • 1999: won the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration for The Red Scarf.
  • 1999: won the Prix Québec-Wallonie-Bruxelles de littérature de jeunesse for The Red Scarf.
  • 1999: was shortlisted for a Mr. Christie's Book Award for The Red Scarf.
  • 2004: won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for Le nul et la chipie.
  • 2008: won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for Chère Traudi.
  • 2014: won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award for Loula is Leaving for Africa.
  • 2014: shortlisted for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award for Loula is Leaving for Africa.

    • References

    Anne Villeneuve Wikipedia
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