Michael Farr
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Michael Farr is a leading British Tintinologist, that is an expert on the comic series Tintin and its creator, Hergé. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has also written about various other subjects.
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[edit] Biography
Michael Farr was born in 1953 in Paris to an Austrian-Czech mother and British father. Educated at Harrow, and then a History scholar at Trinity College Cambridge, he read Theology as his part one before changing to Fine Art in which he gained an MA. He became a reporter, first for Reuters and then the Daily Telegraph, travelling around the world. After meeting Hergé, Farr started writing books about him, and became one of the world's greatest Tintinologists, gaining access to the files and material Hergé had used in developing the Tintin stories.
In 2002 Farr was interviewed on BBC News in a section on the Tintin exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. He appeared in 2003 in the film documentary, Tintin and I. He now lives in London with his wife and daughter.
Farr is bilingual in English and French. He wrote a French version of Tintin The Complete Companion at the same time as he wrote the English version.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Books on Tintin written by Farr
- Tintin, 60 years Of Adventure
- Tintin The Complete Companion
- Tintin And Co.
- The Adventures Of Herge, Creator Of Tintin
[edit] Tintin-related books translated by Farr into English
- Tintin and the World of Herge by Benoit Peeters
- Herge and Tintin, Reporters by Philippe Goddin
- The Adventures of Tintin at Sea by Yves Horeau
[edit] Non-Tintin Books written by Farr
- Vanishing Borders
- Berlin! Berlin!
