Jean Muray

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Jean Muray (1905 – 1984) was a French writer of novels for young people and a translator of Anglo-Saxon authors (Jack London, Herman Melville, Rudyard Kipling, Barbara Cartland, etc.). He translated over 234 works. He is the father of essayist and novelist Philippe Muray (1945–2006).

Works

Davy Crockett series

  • Davy Crockett, roi des trappeurs (1956)
  • Le Serment de Davy Crockett (1957; presented by Walt Disney; illustrated by Henri Dimpre)
  • Un guet-apens pour Davy Crockett (1960; illustrated by Henri Dimpre)

Monica series

  • Fille de la montagne (1958; illustrated by Philippe Daure)
  • Monica et le prince (1959; illustrated by Philippe Daure)
  • Monica et les conspirateurs (1961; illustrated by Philippe Daure)

Other publications

  • La Ballade des tordus: Prusse orientale (1943; awarded the Prix Lange by the Académie française in 1944)
  • Les Guetteurs (1945)
  • La Déesse (1946)
  • La Charge de la brigade légère (1956; illustrated by Jean Reschofsky)
  • Le Marchand de Venise (1957; based upon William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice)
  • Les Premiers Exploits de Fanfan la Tulipe (1957; illustrated by J.-P. Ariel)
  • Costumes de tous les temps (1958)
  • Une bergère et son chien (1959; illustrated by Gilles Valdès)
  • La Course en fiacre (1961)
  • Le Chien qui savait tout (1967; with Anne White; illustrated by François Batet)
  • Un amour de coccinelle (1970; French adaptation of the film of the same name; illustrated by Daniel Billon)
  • Noël pour une bergère (1971; illustrated by Paul Durand)
  • Les Mots de mon jardin (1972)

References

  • Diament, Nic (1993). Dictionnaire des écrivains français pour la jeunesse: 1914-1991. Paris: L'École des loisirs.
  • Perrin, Raymond (2007). Littérature de jeunesse et presse des jeunes au début du XXIe siècle. Paris: L'Harmattan.

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