Delisle studied animation at Sheridan College in Oakville, near Toronto, and then worked for the animation studio CinéGroupe in Montreal. He later worked for different studios in Canada, Germany, France, China and North Korea.
Delisle is married to a Médecins Sans Frontières administrator.[2] With her, he made a trip to Myanmar (Burma) in 2005, which is recounted in Chroniques Birmanes (2007),[3] translated into English as Burma Chronicles.
In 2016, Delisle published S'enfuir. Récit d'un otage (Dargaud), translated into English as Hostage and published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2017.[7][8] The graphic novel depicts the true story of Christophe André, a Médecins Sans Frontières administrator who was kidnapped in the Caucasus Region in 1997.[7]Hostage was longlisted for Brooklyn Public Library's 2017 literary prize.[9]
A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, June 2013, ISBN 978-1770461178)
Even More Bad Parenting Advice (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, August 2014, ISBN 978-1770461673)
The Owner's Manual to Terrible Parenting (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, October 2015, ISBN 978-1770462144)
Hostage (Drawn & Quarterly, hardcover, April 2017, ISBN 978-1770462793)
The Handbook to Lazy Parenting (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, October 2019, ISBN 978-1770463646)
Factory Summers (Drawn & Quarterly, hardcover, June 2021, ISBN 978-1770464599)
World Record Holders (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, August 2022, ISBN 978-1770465671)
Referencesedit
^Amy Graff (December 18, 2014). "Steve Carell's North Korea movie axed after Sony hack". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
^Rogue statements: Guy Delisle's behind-the-scenes account of life in North Korea's capital almost didn't see the light of day, J. Kelly Nestruck, National Post, September 07, 2005.
^Chroniques Birmanes - (Delisle / Delisle) - Romans Graphiques [BDnet.com] Archived 2008-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^Guy Delisle sips snake bladders in Shenzhen - Interview with Guy Delisle. My New Chinese Love. September 2009. Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
^La Presse Canadienne (2012-01-29). "Angoulême récompense le bédéiste québécois Guy Délisle" (in French). La Presse. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
^Eva Blum Dumontet (February 23, 2012). "The graphic complexity of Israel, through the eyes of a cartoonist". Haaretz. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
^ ab"Hostage by Guy Delisle". Drawn & Quarterly. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^"S'enfuir. Récit d'un otage". Éditions Dargaud. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^"Brooklyn Public Library Announces 2017 Longlist For Third Annual Literary Prize". Brooklyn Public Library. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^France3 and AFP (January 31, 2015). "Le dessinateur montpelliérain Guy Delisle va passer du cocon familial à la Tchétchénie". France3. Retrieved May 14, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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