Margret Rey (1906 - 1996) مارجريت راي
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An American writer of German origins, born in Hamburg, Germany. Her father was a member of the Reichstag, the German Parliament. Rey studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the University of Munich between 1926 and 1928. She also worked in the field of advertising. In...Read more 1935, she left Germany for Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to escape Nazism. There, she met Hans Reyersbach. He was a family friend, and they married in the same year. They moved to Paris, France, in 1936. While they were in Paris, Hans’ drawings caught the attention of a French publisher. He commissioned the couple to write and illustrate stories for children, and they became famous for the "Curious George" series of children's picture books. They then moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and after the death of her husband, Rey continued writing. In 1979, she became a professor of creative writing at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. In 1980, she collaborated with director Alan Shalleck on a series of short films in which her main character from the "Curious George" books appeared, in addition to a number of other works. Her credits include Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015) and Curious George: Cape Ahoy (2021).
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An American writer of German origins, born in Hamburg, Germany. Her father was a member of the Reichstag, the German Parliament. Rey studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the...Read more University of Munich between 1926 and 1928. She also worked in the field of advertising. In 1935, she left Germany for Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to escape Nazism. There, she met Hans Reyersbach. He was a family friend, and they married in the same year. They moved to Paris, France, in 1936. While they were in Paris, Hans’ drawings caught the attention of a French publisher. He commissioned the couple to write and illustrate stories for children, and they became famous for the "Curious George" series of children's picture books. They then moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and after the death of her husband, Rey continued writing. In 1979, she became a professor of creative writing at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. In 1980, she collaborated with director Alan Shalleck on a series of short films in which her main character from the "Curious George" books appeared, in addition to a number of other works. Her credits include Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015) and Curious George: Cape Ahoy (2021).
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21 December 1996
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