Herge: The Man Who Created Tintin

Zusatztext It is hard to imagine the job being done better. Pierre Assouline is a prominent French journalist and writer. He has written several novels as well as acclaimed biographies of photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and detective novelist Georges Simenon. He is also a film producer and was the 2007 winner of the prestigious Prix de la Langue Fran aise. Charles Ruas is the author of Conversations with American Writers and a frequent contributor to ArtNews and Art in America. Klappentext In this book Pierre Assouline reveals the life and art of Tintin's Belgian creator, Georges Prosper Remi, better known as 'Hergé'. Assouline has had privileged access to personal papers to explore Hergé's life and work and the fascinating ways in which the two intertwine. Zusammenfassung In this book Pierre Assouline reveals the life and art of Tintin's Belgian creator, Georges Prosper Remi, better known as 'Hergé'. Assouline has had privileged access to personal papers to explore Hergé's life and work and the fascinating ways in which the two intertwine.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Assouline, Assouline Pierre, Charles Ruas
• Assisted by: Charles Ruas (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2009
• EAN: 9780195397598
• ISBN: 978-0-19-539759-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 242 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Belgium, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, Biography: arts & entertainment, Comic book & cartoon art, Biography: arts and entertainment, Comic book and cartoon artwork