May Angeli
May Angeli (lang; 8 August 1937 – 11 April 2026) was a French visual artist and author. A graduate of the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art, she spent her entire career in Paris. She notably collaborated with Sylvie Baussier to create illustrations in the 2002 collective work Petite histoire des langues, for which she received the Prix Octogne, awarded by the Centre international d'études en littérature de jeunesse.
May Angeli
- Name
- May Angeli
- Born
- 8 August 1937
- Birthplace
- Clichy, France
- Died
- 11 April 2026
- Occupation
- Artist, author
- Education
- École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art
- Full name
- May Monique Blumenfeld.
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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May Angeli (lang; 8 August 1937 – 11 April 2026) was a French visual artist and author. A graduate of the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art, she spent her entire career in Paris. She notably collaborated with Sylvie Baussier to create illustrations in the 2002 collective work Petite histoire des langues, for which she received the Prix Octogne, awarded by the Centre international d'études en littérature de jeunesse.
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May Angeli (1937–2026) was a children's writer, illustrator and painter, among other activities, of French nationality. The children's writer was born May Monique Blumenfeld in Clichy and died in Les Lilas. Languages used include French.
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In 2013, she received the Grand Prix d'illustration from the Musée de l’illustration jeunesse. In spring 2021, she received the Coup de cœur Jeune Public from the Académie Charles Cros. Angeli died on 11 April 2026, at the age of 88.
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• Name — May Angeli • Born — 8 August 1937 • Birthplace — Clichy, France • Died — 11 April 2026 • Occupation — Artist, author • Education — École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art
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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Born in 1937 at Clichy. It is also recorded that may Angeli died in 2026 at Les Lilas. The same evidence establishes that may Angeli is recorded at birth as May Monique Blumenfeld.
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- 1.Disparition de May Angeli, artiste graveuse et illustratrice engagée de la jeunesse. ActuaLitté. 14 April 2026.
- 2.May Angeli, une pointure de l'illustration. Ouest-France. 29 November 2015.
- 3.May Angeli. La Charte des auteurs et des illustrateurs jeunesse.
- 4.Combet, Claude. May Angeli remporte le grand prix de l'illustration 2013. Livres Hebdo. 27 September 2013.
- 5.Sélection Jeune public printemps 2021. Académie Charles Cros.
- 6.Hommage à May Angeli. Bibliothèque nationale de France. 13 April 2026.
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