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Jean Dulieu (Jan van Oort) was born on 13 April, 1921 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is a Jan van Oort was children's book writer and comic strip cartoonist. Discover Jean Dulieu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

Popular As Jan van Oort
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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 13 April, 1921
Birthday 13 April
Birthplace Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 29 November, 2006
Died Place Arnhem, Netherlands
Nationality Netherlands

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1921

Jan van Oort (13 April 1921 – 29 November 2006) was a Dutch children's book writer and comic strip cartoonist, working under the pseudonym of Jean Dulieu.

He is known for his creation of Paulus the woodgnome.

Jan van Oort was born on 13 April 1921 in Amsterdam.

He was the son of concert singer Hendrik C. van Oort, and grandson of the political cartoonist Johan Braakensiek.

Van Oort was into music, and creative activities such as drawing and puppet making.

1940

Jan van Oort studied the violin on the conservatorium where he graduated in 1940, and became violinist with the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

1944

During the Dutch famine of 1944, the orchestra was decommissioned, allowing Van Oort more time for drawing.

While living at the time in Soest, he made twelve designs of gnomes, and let his wife Kitty Sijmons pick the best one.

This one he elaborated to a full-blown children's book character and named him Paulus.

Shortly after the war, Van Oort and his family moved to Terschelling, and a year later ended his participation in the orchestra, aiming for a full job in comics strips, although having no education in this field.

1946

Paulus the woodgnome was published from 1946 onward in the daily newspaper Het Vrije Volk.

Van Oort used the pseudonym of Jean Dulieu, the literal French translation of Jan van Oort, to protect a possible image loss to his violinist career in case of failure in his cartooning work.

In total, Van Oort created approximately 3600 comic strips for this newspaper.

1948

In 1948, the first illustrated Paulus children's books were published, including Paulus the deputy Sinterklaas and the Paulus winterbook, the latter having even coloured illustrations.

During the years more publications followed, including Paulus and Eucalypta, Paulus and the dragon, and Paulus and Skipper Mackarel.

1953

Following travels to Italy, Van Oort published in 1953 the book Francesco about Francis of Assisi.

1955

In the period 1955 to 1964, Paulus the woodgnome was broadcast as radio drama.

Van Oort did all the voices himself, with the exception of Princess Priegeltje, which was done by his daughter Dorinde van Oort.

1962

Van Oorts book Paulus the deputy Sinterklaas was Best Children's Book in 1962, and he received an Edison award for a grammophone record of one of his Paulus stories.

1964

In 1964, he published his masterpiece Paulus and the acorn men, with many colour illustrations and the death theme.

Various books by Dulieu have been translated to English, German, South-African, Japanese and Swedish.

1967

Starting 1967, Van Oort made 39 puppet movies of 10 minutes each for the Dutch television programme Monitor.

He created all puppets, scenery and accessories by himself.

These movies were also broadcast in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and Australia.

1970

In the 1970s, Van Oort started a new series of newspaper comic strips, totalling 23 full stories.

1981

His full career as comic strips cartoonist was awarded the Stripschapsprijs in 1981.

1984

In 1984 when he was 63, he finished his cartoonist career.

In 1984 when he was 63, he finished his last Paulus.

1995

Since 1995, the Paulus Archives are collecting and publishing the life and works of Jean Dulieu and Paulus the woodgnome, notably via the magazine Bouterbode.

2006

Van Oort died in 2006 in Arnhem, at the age of 85.

In September of that year, his daughter Dorinde van Oort published a novel about her family, where her father is named Lepel Mansborg.

2008

Even in 2008, new Paulus books are still being published, based on so far unpublished material, by De Meulder Publishers.

Besides Paulus, Van Oort created for Albert Heijn a book Boffie and Buikie in a tie, an album for which 96 paper strips could be collected from Albert Heijn shop purchases.