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Jean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungerer (28 November – 9 February ) was a French artist and a writer in three languages.

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Jean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungerer (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmi ˈʊŋəʁɐ] ⓘ; 28 November – 9 February ) was a French artist and writer from Alsace (a French region on the French/German border).

He has published over books ranging from much loved children's books to controversial adult work (Fornicon, and Joy of Frogs, ) and from the fantastic to the autobiographical. He is known for sharp satire (Kiss for Peace, ; EAT, ; Black Power/White Power, ) and witty aphorisms.

Biography

Tomi Ungerer was born in Strasbourg in Alsace. His mother Alice moved to Logelbach, near Colmar, after the death of Tomi's father, Theodore -- an artist, engineer, and astronomical clock manufacturer -- in Ungerer also lived through the German occupation of Alsace, causing his house to be requisitioned by the army of Nazi Germany.

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    • Ungerer moved to United States in The following year, Ungerer published his first children's book for Harper & Row, The Mellops Go Flying. He also did illustration work for The New York Times and for television during this time, and began to create posters denouncing the Vietnam War.

    After Allumette; A Fable, with Due Respect to Hans Christian Andersen, the Grimm Brothers, and the Honorable Ambrose Bierce in , Ungerer ceased writing children's books, focusing instead on adult-level books, many of which focused on sexuality.

    He eventually returned to children's literature with Flix,

    He currently lives in Ireland, where he and his wife moved in

    In , Tomi Ungerer was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration.

    A biographical documentary film, Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story, was produced in

    Overview of work

    Ungerer's themes include the Vietnam War, eroticism (especially sadomasochism), bigotry in various forms and imaginative subjects for children's books.

    He also did a series of six witty posters for the ‘The Electric Circus’ on the theme of ‘the ultimate legal experience’.

    Works

    • The Mellops Go Flying, (), children
    • Mellops Go Diving for Treasure, (), children
    • Crictor, (), children
    • The Mellops Strike Oil, (), children
    • Adelaide, (), children
    • Christmas Eve at the Mellops, (), children
    • Emile, (), children
    • Rufus, (), children
    • The Three Robbers, (), children
    • Der Herzinfarkt, (), adult
    • Snail, Where Are You?, (), children
    • Mellops Go Spelunking, (), children
    • Flat Stanley, (), children.

      Art by Tomi Ungerer, written by Jeff Brown

    • One, Two, Where's My Shoe?, (), children
    • The Underground Sketchbook, (), adult
    • Oh, What Nonsense!, (), children. Art by Tomi Ungerer, edited by William Cole
    • Orlando, the Brave Vulture, (), children
    • The Party, (), adult
    • What's Good for a 4-Year-Old?, (), children.

      Art by Tomi Ungerer, text by William Cole

    • Moon Man, (), children
    • Zeralda's Ogre, (), children
    • Ask Me a Question, (), children
    • Fornicon, (), adult
    • Oh, how Silly!, (), children.

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    • The Hat, (), children
    • Tomi Ungerer's Compromises, (), adult
    • I Am Papa Snap and These Are My Favorite No Such Stories, (), children. Has spawned unofficial Snapism cult in Australia
    • The Beast of Monsieur Racine, (), children
    • The Hut, (), children
    • Oh, That's Ridiculous!, (), children.

      Art by Tomi Ungerer, edited by William Cole

    • Poster Art of Tomi Ungerer, (), adult
    • No Kiss for Mother, (), children
    • Allumette; A Fable, with Due Respect to Hans Christian Andersen, the Grimm Brothers, and the Honorable Ambrose Bierce, (), children
    • America, (), adult
    • Totempole, (), adult
    • Babylon, (), adult
    • Cat-Hater's Handbook, Or, The Ailurophobe's Delight, (), adult.

      Co-authored by William Cole

    • Symptomatics, (), adult
    • Rigor Mortis, (), adult
    • Slow Agony, (), adult
    • Heute hier, morgen fort, (), adult
    • Far out Isn't Far Enough, (), adult
    • Femme Fatale, (), adult
    • Schwarzbuch, (), adult
    • Joy of Frogs, (), adult
    • Warteraum, (), adult
    • Schutzengel der Hölle, (), adult
    • Cats As Cats Can, (), adult
    • Tomi Ungerer's Heidi: The Classic Novel, () children.

      Art by Tomi Ungerer, text by Johanna Spyri

    • Flix, (), children
    • Tortoni Tremelo the Cursed Musician, (), children
    • Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazis, (), adult
    • Liberal Arts: The Political Art of Tomi Ungerer, (), adult
    • Otto: Biography of a Teddy Bear, (), children
    • Erotoscope, (), adult

    Bilderbücher für Erwachsene

    • Tomi Ungerers Weltschmerz. ()
    • Basil Ratzki. ()
    • Tomi Ungerers geheimes Skizzenbuch. ()
    • The Party. ()
    • Fornicon. ()
    • Tomi Ungerers Kompromisse. ()
    • Der Sexmaniak. ()
    • Ho Ho Hochzeit. ()
    • The Poster Art of Tomi Ungerer. ()
    • Der Spiegelmensch. ()
    • Adam & Eva. ()
    • Freut euch des Lebens. ()
    • America. ()
    • Der erfolgreiche Geschäftsmann. ()
    • Totempole. ()
    • Babylon. () ISBN
    • politrics. ()
    • Der Furz.

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      Vom Urknall bis heute. Die seit Menschengedenken umfassendste Dokumentation des Furzens,
      zusammengestellt und kommentiert von Alfred Limbach, illustriert von Tomi Ungerer, hrsg. von Robert Pütz. Argos Press, Köln ()

    • Symptomatics. ()
    • Das Kamasutra der Frösche. () ISBN X.
    • Rigor Mortis. ()
    • Slow Agony. () ISBN
    • Schwarzbuch. () Gruner und Jahr, ISBN
    • Tomi Ungerers Frauen. ()
    • frisch, frosch, fröhlich, frei. ()
    • Warteraum. (), ISBN 3 0.

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    • Schutzengel der Hölle, Diogenes. (), ISBN
    • Tomi Ungerer’s Erzählungen für Erwachsene. () ISBN
    • Erotoscope. () ISBN

    List of exhibitions

    Melbourne Cup

    Other works

    See also

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