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Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny Award
The René Goscinny award, named after the writer of Asterix and Lucky Luke, is awarded to comic writers at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. It was first awarded in 1988 and 1992, every year between 1995 and 2008, and again since 2017. The award is given in order to encourage ''young'' comic writers, those whose comic careers have only begun to flourish. The awardee is chosen by a jury mostly composed of comics specialists: authors, journalists, and Angoulême festival organizers. The winner receives 5000 euro. 1980s * 1988: Pierre-Jean Bichose for '' Colère obscure'', artist Zimmermann, Dargaud * 1989: No award given 1990s * 1990 – 1991: No awards given * 1992: Claude Carré for '' Le Pays miroir: l'Incendiaire'', Dargaud * 1993 – 1994: No awards given * 1995: Sylvain Chomet for '' Léon la came'', in collaboration with Nicolas de Crécy, Casterman * 1996: Nicolas Dumontheuil for '' Qui a tué l'idiot'', Casterman * 1997: Joann Sfar for '' La fille du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Goscinny
René Goscinny (, ; 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the ''Astérix'' comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Raised largely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended French schools, he lived for a time in the United States. There he met Belgian cartoonist Morris. After his return to France, they collaborated for more than 20 years on the comic series ''Lucky Luke'' (in what was considered the series' golden age). He wrote ''Iznogoud'' with Jean Tabary. Goscinny also wrote a series of children's books known as ''Le Petit Nicolas'' (''Little Nicolas'') illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé. Early life Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, to Jewish immigrants from Poland. His parents were Stanisław Simkha Gościnny, a chemical engineer from Warsaw, and Anna (Hanna) Bereśniak-Gościnna from Chodorków (Ходорків), a small village near Kyiv in Ukraine. Goscinny's maternal grandfather, Abraham Lazare Berezniak, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
