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Jean-Philippe Stassen, born on March 14 , 1966 in Liège ( Belgium ). BIOGRAPHY Born in Liège to a Flemish father and a Jewish mother, Jean-Philippe Stassen started travelling at a young age. He travelled through Algeria , Morocco , Senegal , Mali , Benin , Ivory Coast , Ghana , Togo , Niger , Nigeria , Burkina Faso , South Africa , Tanzania , Mozambique , Uganda , Burundi and Rwanda . His experiences have been an influence throughout his work. He was introduced to the magazine ''L'Écho des Savanes'' when he was 17 years old. Stassen soon made his debut with the albums ''Bahamas'' and ''Bullwhite'' at Éditions Albin Michel in 1988 and 1989, both written by Denis Lapière. Stassen and Lapière continued their collaboration in the collection ''Aire Libre'' of Dupuis , where they created the diptych ''Le Bar du Vieux Français'' in 1992. The story won them several prizes. Stassen then wrote ''Louis le Portugais'' on his own, another touching human tragedy, this time situated in the suburbs of Liège . He then changed the setting of this stories to Africa again, and created ''Thérèse''. This was followed by ''Déogratias'', about the Genocide In Rwanda , and ''Les Enfants''. Jean-Philippe Stassen currently lives and works in Rwanda. SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY In English ''Deogratias, A Tale of Rwanda'', First Second Books , New York, 2006. ISBN 1-59643-103-2 In French
SEE ALSO Bibliography Of The Rwandan Genocide EXTERNAL LINKS
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