Martine Gossieaux Sempé: Who Is Jean-Jacques Sempé’s Wife?

Martine Gossieaux Sempé was the wife of Cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé best known for his children’s books Le Petit Nicolas. Details about her personal life are undisclosed.

Sempé’s series collaborations with late Asterix co-creator René Goscinny sold millions of copies worldwide and have been adapted for the big screen on numerous occasions, particularly in France.

Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre’s Little Nicholas – Happy as Can Be, inspired by the works, won the top prize at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June.

From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, Sempé gained international acclaim for his 101 cover designs for the New Yorker magazine, in which he illustrated New York with the same love and detail that he used to capture his beloved Paris.

Sempé’s wife Martine Gossieaux Sempé told French news agency Agence France Press that her husband died on August 11, 2022