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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 (age 71)
Nationality	French
Occupation	Youth literature writer
Parents	André du Bouchet (father) Tina Jolas [fr] (mother)

Career

Paule du Bouchet was born on 19 April 1951, daughter of André du Bouchet and Tina Jolas [fr], 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 [fr] (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 [fr] 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] as well as director of the “Découvertes Gallimard Texto”, a sub-collection published in “Découvertes” since 1998.[5] 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.[6]

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.”[7]

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)[8]
  • 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)[9]
• 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)[10]
• Prince Orpheus, illustrations by Fabian Negrin, J. Paul Getty Museum Publications, 2004

References

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