Jocelyne Hoestlandt

Background

Jocelyne Hoestlandt was born on May 13, 1948 in Le Pecq, Ile-de-France, France, in the family of Daniel and Evelyne (Gooden) Ravary.

Education

Jo received Bachelor of Arts at University of Sorbonne.

Career

Jo Hoestlandt taught literature for three years. She published her first books in the early 1980s. She writes texts of youth albums or youth novels, illustrated by multiple illustrators, including Claude Lapointe, Christophe Blain, Serge Bloch, Philippe Bertrand or Camille Jourdy.

Three of her books are part of the "Ideal Library" of the National Center for Literature for Youth. Jo Hoestlandt has written and published more than a hundred books.

Moreover, she was an organizer of reading and writing animations for children in art centers and schools.

Achievements

• In 1994, Jocelyne's famous book "The Great Fear Under the Stars", illustrated by Johanna Kang, was awarded the Premio Grafico Fiera di Bologna for the Gioventù of the Bologna Youth Book Fair in Italy.

Works

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  • Star of Fear, Star of Hope 1996
  • La nuit de la rentree 2003
  • Tu peux toujours courir 2005
  • La rentrée des mamans 1990
  • El diente de eva / Eva's Tooth (Coleccion Picnic) (Spanish Edition) 2011
  • Robin Del Bosque (Spanish Edition) 2002
  • Buddy
  • Die kleinen Geheimnisse meiner großen Schwester
  • Gran, You've Got Mail! 2008

Politics

When Jo Hoestlandt was asked about her political views, ahe said, “I don’t like parties. I want to avoid being biased. Every day I meet children and work for acknowledgment of each other.”

Connections

In 1970 Jocelyne married Dominique Hoestlandt, with whom she has three children: Maud, Bertrand, and Olivier Hoestlandt.

Father:

Daniel Ravary

Mother:

Evelyne (Gooden) Ravary

Spouse:

Dominique Hoestlandt

child:

Maud Hoestlandt

child:

Bertrand Hoestlandt

child:

Olivier Hoestlandt