![]() He married Cécile Sabouraud in 1924, with whom he would have three sons: Laurent (1925), Mathieu (1926) and Thierry (1934). After the war he studied painting at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. ![]() Near the very end of World War I he fought in the trenches. Jean de Brunhoff was born in 1899 in Paris, as the son of a publisher. ![]() The most astonishing aspect about De Brunhoff's success, however, was that he was completely self-taught. The franchise inspired countless novels, was translated all over the globe and adapted into TV series and films. Created in 1931, the pachyderm monarch has become one of the all-time classics of French children's literature. Jean de Brunhoff was a French children's writer and illustrator, most famous as the creator of the world famous book series about 'Babar' the elephant. ![]()
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