Benjamin Lacombe was born in Paris in 1982. Author, illustrator and painter, he is a leading representative of new French illustration. He published his first book at the age of nineteen, published by Soleil, when he entered the National School of Decorative Arts in Paris (ENSAD). Since then, Benjamin Lacombe has written and illustrated dozens of translated and award-winning books around the world. He is one of the guests of the Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse in Montreuil.
“In the depths of the sea live the King of the Sea and his six mermaid daughters. On his fifteenth birthday, the youngest is allowed, as tradition dictates, to rise to the surface of the water to observe the world of humans. Fascinated, she immediately falls in love with a prince. To seduce him, she agrees to give up her mermaid tail and lose the use of her voice…
This exceptional edition offers a new reading of Andersen’s best-known tale and presents letters from his correspondence, some of which have never been translated into French. Benjamin Lacombe takes a personal look at The Little Mermaid with an overwhelming modernity and sensitivity.” (Presentation of Albin Michel editions)
Meetings and signatures of Benjamin Lacombe at the Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse in Montreuil are to be discovered here.