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The ”World
Biennials of Art Bookbinding” was created in 1991 by Gaston Dall’Ara, under the
patronage of the European Parliament of Strasburg and the French Ministry of
Culture. Little by little this event grew in size, from 68 to 633 participants,
having a register of more than 4,500 names all over the world. Since 2005 it is
organised in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, by a team of volunteers under the
presidency of Anne Perissaguet.
1990. 1st
European contest : "Arenas Ritual" of the Bonnat Museum.
68 participants from 6 countries.
1991. 1st
European Biennial : "Europeans Poetries" of the 12 members countries.
184 participants
from 8 countries.
1993. 2nd
European Biennial : "The Labourd" of H. Lamant-Duhart
160 participants
from 12 countries.
1995. 3rd
European Biennial : "Ravel the Basque" of G. Pialloux.
303 participants from 16
countries.
1997. 4th
European Biennial : "Saint-Jean-de-Luz / Ciboure, a
Corsair City"
by G. Pialloux.
440 participants from 20
countries.
1999. 5th
World Biennial : "Cyrano of Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand.
581 participants
from 29 countries.
2001 .6ème
World Biennial : "Fisherman in
Iceland"
by Pierre Loti.
671 participants
from 30 countries.
2003. 7th
World Biennial : "The Atlantide" by Pierre Benoît.
633 participants
from 33 countries.
2005. 8th
World Biennial : "Around The World in 80 days" by Jules Verne
800 participants
from 23 countries.
2007. 9th
World Biennial : “Tales of Mother Goose" by Charles Perrault
819 participants
from 29 countries.
2009. 10th
World Biennial : “The Marriage of Figaro" by Beaumarchais
587 participants from 31 countries.
The next edition in 2011 : the Fables of La Fontaine
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