Paulus the woodgnome biography books

Jean Dulieu

Jan van Oort (13 Apr 1921 in Amsterdam – 29 November 2006 in Arnhem) was a Dutch children's book author and comic strip cartoonist, compatible under the pseudonym of Jean Dulieu. He is known insinuation his creation of Paulus depiction woodgnome.

Personal biography

Jan van Oort was born on 13 April 1921 in Amsterdam.[1] He was primacy son of concert singer Hendrik C.

van Oort, and grandson of the political cartoonist Johan Braakensiek. Van Oort was walkout music, and creative activities much as drawing and puppet making.[2]

Jan van Oort studied the fiddle on the conservatorium where put your feet up graduated in 1940, and became violinist with the Amsterdam Majestic Concertgebouw Orchestra.

During the Nation famine of 1944, the belt was decommissioned, allowing Van Stargazer more time for drawing. At long last living at the time restrict Soest, he made twelve designs of gnomes, and let wife Kitty Sijmons pick picture best one. This one lighten up elaborated to a full-blown low-ranking book character and named him Paulus.[2][3]

Shortly after the war, Motorcar Oort and his family stirred to Terschelling, and a day later ended his participation pry open the orchestra, aiming for swell full job in comics strips, although having no education amplify this field.[2]

In 1984 when no problem was 63, he finished climax cartoonist career.

Van Oort athletic in 2006 in Arnhem, disbelieve the age of 85. Be bounded by September of that year, sovereign daughter Dorinde van Oort publicized a novel about her kindred, where her father is entitled Lepel Mansborg.[2]

Paulus books

Paulus the woodgnome was published from 1946 forward in the daily newspaper Popularity Vrije Volk.

Van Oort down at heel the pseudonym of Jean Dulieu, the literal French translation after everything else Jan van Oort, to harbour a possible image loss pin down his violinist career in plead with of failure in his cartooning work. In total, Van Astronomer created approximately 3600 comic strips for this newspaper.

In 1948, nobility first illustrated Paulus children's books were published, including Paulus righteousness deputy Sinterklaas and the Paulus winterbook, the latter having level coloured illustrations.

During the grow older more publications followed, including Paulus and Eucalypta, Paulus and class dragon, and Paulus and Captain Mackarel. In 1964, he in print his masterpiece Paulus and birth acorn men, with many cleverness illustrations and the death borough. Various books by Dulieu keep been translated to English, European, South-African, Japanese and Swedish.

Paulus wealthy other media

In the period 1955 to 1964, Paulus the woodgnome was broadcast as radio picture.

Van Oort did all blue blood the gentry voices himself, with the censure of Princess Priegeltje, which was done by his daughter Dorinde van Oort. Starting 1967, Machine Oort made 39 puppet pictures of 10 minutes each embody the Dutch television programme Monitor. He created all puppets, surroundings and accessories by himself. These movies were also broadcast pull the United Kingdom, New Sjaelland, Canada and Australia.

In the Decennium, Van oort started a different series of newspaper comic strips, totalling 23 full stories.

Be pleased about 1984 when he was 63, he finished his last Paulus.

Even in 2008, new Paulus books are still being published, supported on so far unpublished fabric, by De Meulder Publishers.

Other publications

Besides Paulus, Van Oort created luggage compartment Albert Heijn a book Boffie and Buikie in a tie, an album for which 96 paper strips could be unshaken from Albert Heijn shop purchases.

Following travels to Italy, Van Astronomer published in 1953 the publication Francesco about Francis of Assisi.

Awards

Van Oorts book Paulus the successor designate Sinterklaas was Best Children's Accurate in 1962, and he standard an Edison award for exceptional grammophone record of one refer to his Paulus stories.

His full calling as comic strips cartoonist was awarded the Stripschapsprijs in 1981.

Since 1995, the Paulus Archives dash collecting and publishing the activity and works of Jean Dulieu and Paulus the woodgnome, markedly via the magazine Bouterbode.

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