Jorisch, Stéphane

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Jorisch, Stéphane

Personal

Born in Brussels, Belgium; married; children: three.

Addresses

Home and office—Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Career

Illustrator. Juror for Governor-General's Award for illustration, 2006.

Awards, Honors

Governor General's Award nomination, Canada Council for the Arts, 1995, 1997, 1998; Mr. Christie Book Awards nominations, 1997, 1999, and 2004 for La boîte à bonheur; Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award, Canadian Children's Books Centre, 2002, for Oma's Quilt; Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, Canadian Association of Children's Librarians, 2004, for Suki's Kimono; Governor General's Award, 2004, for Jabberwocky.

Writings

SELF-ILLUSTRATED

(Adaptor) As for the Princess?: A Folktale from Québec, Annick Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2001.

ILLUSTRATOR

Robert Soulières, Le baiser maléfique, Ovale (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1985, reprinted, 2002.

Louise Poliquin, La bande á Fafoin, Centre Éducatif et Culturel, (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1991.

Jean-François Somain, Le baiser des étoiles, Hurtubise HMH (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1992.

Robert Soulières, Le chevalier de Chambly (novel), Éditions P. Tisseyre (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1992.

André Vandal, Le monde Selon Jean de, DV (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1992.

Bertrand Gauthier, Panique au cimetière, Éditions la Courte Échelle (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1992.

Bertrand Gauthier, Les griffes de la pleine lune, Courte Échelle (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1993.

Marie-Andrée Clermont, Le secret, Hurtubise HMH (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1993.

Louise-Michelle Sauriol, Ookpik, Hurtubise HMH (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1993.

Hélène Vaillancourt, La forêt, Doutre et Vandal (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1993.

Juliette Veilleux, La communication, Doutre et Vandal (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1993.

Danielle Marcotte, Le petit douillet (novel), Boréal (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1994.

Richard Garneau, Les patins d'André, Stanké (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1994.

Suzanne Montfils, Vacances en eaux troubles, Héritage (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1994.

Bertrand Gauthier, Las garras de la luna Llena, Edilux Ediciones (Medellin, Colombia), 1995.

Bernard Magnier, La parole nomade: poésies francophones, Hurtubise HMH (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1995.

Yvon Brochu, Loulou, fais ta grande!, Héritage (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1995.

Marie-Andrée Clermont, Poursuite, Hurtubise HMH (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1995.

Mireille Villeneuve, Un petit goût de miel, Éditions Héritage (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1996.

Reynald Cantin, Mon amie Constance, Éditions Héritage (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1996.

Lucie Papineau, Casse-Noisette, Héritage (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1996.

Geneviève Buono and James Rousselle, La mouette rieuse, CEC (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1996.

Bertrand Gauthier, Les ténèbres piègées, Courte Échelle (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1997.

Marie-Danielle Croteau, Un rêveur qui aimait la mer et les poissons dorés, Courte Échelle (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1997.

Nicole Testa, L'oeil de la nuit, Dominique et Compagnie (Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada), 1998.

Olivier Lasser, Charlotte et l'île du destin, Dimédia (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1998.

Barrie Baker, The Village of a Hundred Smiles, and Other Stories, Annick Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1998.

Claudie Stanké, Lili et moi, Hurtubise HMH (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1998.

Susanne Julien, L'auberge du fantôme Bavard, Hurtubise HMH (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1998.

Claudie Stanké, Mes vacances avec Lili, Hurtubise HMH (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1999.

Gary Barwin, The Magic Mustache, Annick Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1999.

Christiane Duchesne, Le jour des monstres, Nox et l'Archimusse, Dominique et Compagnie (Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada), 2000 translation by Carolyn Perkes published as The Monsters' Feast, Nox and Archimusse, 2000.

Lucie Papineau, The Nutcracker, Pocketaudio (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 2000.

Richardo Keens-Douglas, The Trial of the Stone: A Folktale, Annick Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2000.

Elvire Murail, Le dernier cadeau du père Noël, Éditions Milan (Toulouse, France), 2000.

Agathe Génois, L'île aux mille visages, Dominique et Compagnie (Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada), 2001.

Paulette Bourgeois, Une courtepointe pour Grand-maman, Éditions Scholastic (Markham, Ontartio, Canada), 2001, translation published as Oma's Quilt, Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2001.

Claudine Vivier, La ceinture magique: conte populaire, Les 400 Coups (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 2001.

Mireille Cliche, Tout ce cirque, Les 400 Coups (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 2001.

Cécile Gagnon, Célestin et Rosalie: un conte, Soulières Éditeur, 2002.

Richardo Keens-Douglas, Anancy and the Haunted House, Annick Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2002.

Gilles Tibo, Autour de la lune: 30 contes pour mieux rêver, Dominique et Compagnie (Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada), 2002.

Danielle Simard, Mon grand frère l'a dit!, Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique (Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada), 2002.

Pan Bouyoucas, Thésée et le minotaure, Les 400 Coups (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 2002.

Nancy Montour, Entre la lune et le soleil, Dominique et Compagnie (Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada), 2003.

Chieri Uegaki, Suki's Kimono, Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2003.

Carole Tremblay, Sardinette Flanellette, Dominique et Compagnie (Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada), 2003.

Charlotte Gingras, La boîte à bonheur, Courte Échelle (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 2003.

Gilles Tibo, Le gardien du sommeil, Courte Échelle (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 2004.

Gilles Tibo, Le voyage du funambule, Courte échelle (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 2004.

Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky, Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2004.

Claudie Stanké, La récompense de Lili, Hurtubise HMH (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 2004.

Gilles Vigneault, A Treasure in My Garden, Secret Mountain (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 2004.

Carole Tremblay, Emily Lee, Picture Window Books (Minneapolis, MN), 2005.

Nancy Montour, Lorina et le secret d'amour, Dominique et Compagnie (Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada), 2005.

Charlotte Gingras, Emily's Piano, Annick Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2005.

Florence Ducatteau, Minus le fabuleux, Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique (Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada), 2006.

Jean-Pierre Davidts, Le fond du verre, Les 400 Coups (Montréal, Québec, Canada), 2006.

Pat Brisson, I Remember Miss Perry, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2006.

Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat, Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2007.

Nancy Montour, Lorina et le monstre de jalousie, Dominique et Compagnie (Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada), 2007.

Agnès Grimaud, Lucie Wan et le voleur collectionneur, Dominique et Compagnie (Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada), 2007.

Gilles Tibo, Les rayons de Miel, Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique (Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada), 2007.

Ying Chang Compestine, The Real Story of Stone Soup, Dutton Children's Books (New York, NY), 2007.

Roxane Orgill, Footwork: The Story of Fred and Adele Astaire, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2007.

Mary Quigley, Grandad's Fishing Buddy, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2007.

Adaptations

Jorische's illustrated version of The Nutcracker was adapted for audiocassette, Coffragants, 2001.

Sidelights

A prolific artist, Stéphane Jorisch has illustrated children's books for authors ranging from Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Gauthier to Pat Brisson. In 2001 he expanded his role to author as well when he produced the self-illustrated adaptation As for the Princess?: A Folktale from Québec. In addition to his work for picture books, the French-Canadian artist has also created images for magazines such as Le Monde Salon and produced graphic designs for the popular Cirque du Soleil.

While growing up, Jorisch was strongly influenced by his father, an illustrator for European newspapers. On the Annick Press Web site, he explained that, for him, both "curiosity and a keen sense of observation" are important characteristics for a would-be writer and illustrator. While ideas for his illustrations often comes from daily things, the artist's greatest inspiration is drawn from "people and their environment," as Jorisch noted in an online interview for Embracing the Child. "I love drawing people—big, small or weird—and cre-

ating the worlds they live in. In terms of illustrated books, weaving the images together to make each spread work with the previous spread is an inspiring challenge."

Jorisch frequently uses pen and ink, gouache, and water color in creating his illustrations, and many critics have commented on his talent for accentuating the most telling elements in each author's text. For example, in his work for Pat Brisson's I Remember Miss Perry he sensitively deals with the sudden death of a elementary school teacher and the sorrow of the young students she leaves behind. A Kirkus Reviews critic noted of the book that Jorisch's "subtle watercolor" illustrations "effectively evoke the emotions of the characters without overpowering the text."

Jorisch's artwork has also been acknowledged for its delicacy, an attribute the artist perfects through the use of transparent water color and soft-toned pastel crayon. His controlled use of line allows him to capture, with a gesture, the happiness, sadness, and other feelings expressed via facial expressions. Writing in School Library Journal, Mary Elam noted that Jorisch's illustrations for I Remember Miss Perry "reflect the varied emotions evoked" by Brisson's young characters.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, December 15, 2001, Gillian Engberg, review of Oma's Quilt, p. 738; November 15, 2003, Linda Perkins, review of Suki's Kimono, p. 604; October 15, 2004, Gillian Engberg, review of Jabberwocky, p. 397; May 1, 2005, Jennifer Mattson, review of The Highwayman, p. 1578; January 1, 2006, review of Emily's Piano, p. 103; February 1, 2006, Ilene Cooper, review of I Remember Miss Perry, p. 53.

Kirkus Reviews, October 1, 2003, review of Suki's Kimono, p. 1232; March 1, 2006, review of I Remember Miss Perry, p. 226.

Publishers Weekly, October 23, 2000, review of The Trial of the Stone: A Folktale, p. 74; October 22, 2001, review of Oma's Quilt, p. 75; November 24, 2003, review of Suki's Kimono, p. 64; November 15, 2004, review of Jabberwocky, p. 60; June 19, 2006, review of I Remember Miss Perry, p. 62.

Resource Links, December, 2001, Denise Parrott, review of As for the Princess: A Folktale from Québec, p. 5; December, 2001, Zoe Johnstone Guha, review of Oma's Quilt, p. 4; December, 2002, Stephanie Olson, review of Anancy and the Haunted House, p. 9; October, 2003, Kathryn McNaughton, review of Suki's Kimono, p. 10; December, 2004, Nancy Ryan, review of Jabberwocky, p. 35; February, 2006, Antonia Gisler, review of Emily's Piano, p. 21.

School Library Journal, March, 2000, Denise E. Agosto, review of The Magic Mustache, p. 178; November, 2001, Sheilah Kosco, review of Oma's Quilt, p. 111; November, 2002, Susan Pine, review of Anancy and the Haunted House, p. 128; December, 2003, Sue Morgan, review of Suki's Kimono, p. 129; September, 2004, Susan Scheps, review of Jabberwocky, p. 223; March, 2006, Mary Elam, review of I Remember Miss Perry, p. 175.