Stéphane Jorisch is a Canadian artist and illustrator."Quebecers Blais, Jorisch four-time winners". Montreal Gazette, November 19, 2008. He is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration, winning in 1993 for Le Monde selon Jean de ..."1993 Governor General's Award winners". Halifax Daily News, November 17, 1993. and in 1999 for Charlotte et l'île du destin,"Here are the English- and French-language winners of the 1999 Governor General's Literary Awards". Canadian Press, November 16, 1999. and a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration, in 2004 for Jabberwocky"Swashbuckler, Jabberwocky win children's literary awards". Journal Pioneer, November 16, 2004. and in 2008 for The Owl and the Pussycat."Ricci repeats as GG Literary Award winner". Ottawa Citizen, November 19, 2008.
In 2008 he was also cowinner with Gilles Vigneault of the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award in the French division, for Un cadeau pour Sophie."Gilles Vigneault and Stephane Jorisch win TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for Un Cadeau pour Sophie". Canada NewsWire, October 29, 2008.
His daughter Édith Jorisch is a filmmaker."Mémoire de tableau". Le Devoir, April 27, 2013. Her documentary film The Heir (L'héritier), about her grandfather's quest to reclaim art lost by the family to the Nazis during World War II, won a Prix Gémeaux in 2017"La Soirée des artisans et du documentaire des Gémeaux : sortez de l’ombre!". Québec Spot, September 16, 2017. and the Michael Moskovitz Award for a Film in 2018."French-language history of Quebec Jews wins J.I. Segal Award". Canadian Jewish News, November 6, 2018.
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