Anne Villeneuve (illustrator)

Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books

Anne Villeneuve

Born|  (1966-09-07) September 7, 1966 (age 57)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality| Canadian
Alma mater| Dawson College

Anne Villeneuve (born September 7, 1966) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books who lives in Quebec.[1]

## Life[edit]

She was born in Montreal and studied design and illustration at CEGEP Dawson. She was a finalist in the Communication-Jeunesse/Culinar competition.[1] Villeneuve also has done artwork for scenery for Cirque du Soleil shows, murals for Red Bull and posters for the Dairy Farmers of Canada.[2]

## Selected works[edit]

* 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,
* Le nul et la chipie (2004), text by François Barcelo [fr],
* 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),

[2]

## Awards[edit]

* 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.[3]
* 2014: shortlisted for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award for Loula is Leaving for Africa.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Anne Villeneuve" (in French). Communication-Jeunesse. Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
2. ^ a b "Anne Villeneuve". TD Canadian Children's Book Week. Archived from the original on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
3. ^ "Teresa Toten, Anne Villeneuve win kids lit award". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-11.

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Spain
* France
* BnF data
* Germany
* United States
* Czech Republic
* Korea
* Netherlands

Other|

* IdRef

This article about a writer or poet from Quebec is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template