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Herge and Me single work   autobiography  
  • Author:agent Luke Davies http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/davies-luke
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Herge and Me
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'As a child, Australian author Luke Davies' empathy with fictional teen reporter Tintin led to a special relationship with Herge, the Belgian artist who created him. They became pen pals and Davies so treasured the letters and cards he still has them 40 years on. Here Davies recalls the dizzying boyhood excitement of each delivery and how the joys and dreams they sparked forged his later creative life.' (p. 12)

Notes

  • 'Life & Style' and 'Spectrum' cover story.
  • Includes reference to the influence of Georges Prosper Remi (who wrote under the pseudonym Hergé) on Luke Davies.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Letters from Herge
Alternative title: The Famous Penpal
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Saturday Age 3 December 2011 Z1829343 2011 newspaper issue 2011 pg. 12-14 Section: Life & Style
    Note:
    • Cover title: Letters from Herge
    • col. illus., col. port. (Luke Davies)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Sydney Morning Herald 3-4 December 2011 Z1829720 2011 newspaper issue 2011 pg. 6-8 Section: Spectrum
    Note:
    • Cover title: The Famous Penpal
    • col. illus.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Simple Act of Reading Debra Adelaide (editor), Sydney : Random House Australia , 2015 8625541 2015 anthology essay

    'For it is in The Simple Act of Reading where the living and the dead, the real and the imagined, meet. It is in The Simple Act of Reading where we exercise those two most sacred of human vocations: compassion and creativity. For as we know, without either of these primes there is no possibility for a humanity present or past worth talking about. Junot Diaz

    'A collection of essays and memoir pieces on the topic of reading, in particular what it means for writers to be readers and how that has shaped their life. The Simple Act of Reading will support Sydney Story Factory by emphasising the importance of reading in shaping an individual's future.

    'Contributors include; Debra Adelaide, Joan London, Delia Falconer, Sunil Badami, Gabrielle Carey, Luke Davies, Tegan Bennett Daylight, Kate Forsyth, Giulia Giuffre, Andy Griffiths, Anita Heiss, Gail Jones, Jill Jones, Catherine Keenan, Malcolm Knox, Wayne Macauley, Fiona McFarlane, David Malouf, Rosie Scott, Carrie Tiffany and Geordie Williamson.' (Publication summary)

         Sydney : Random House Australia , 2015     pg. 7-13
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