The
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 schoo ...
award, named after the writer of
Asterix
''Asterix'' or ''The Adventures of Asterix'' (french: Astérix or , "Asterix the Gaul") is a ''bande dessinée'' comic book series about a village of indomitable Gaulish warriors who adventure around the world and fight the Roman Republic, wi ...
and
Lucky Luke
''Lucky Luke'' is a Western ''bande dessinée'' series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny. Their par ...
, is awarded to
comic
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writers at the
Angoulême International Comics Festival
The Angoulême International Comics Festival (french: Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lu ...
. 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
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.
1980s
* 1988:
Pierre-Jean Bichose for ''
Colère obscure'', artist
Zimmermann
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''Zimmer'' in German means room or archaically a chamber wi ...
,
Dargaud
Société Dargaud, doing business as Les Éditions Dargaud, is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud (), publishing its first comics in 1943.
...
* 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
Sylvain Chomet (; born 10 November 1963) is a French comic writer, animator and film director.
Early career
Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Seine-et-Oise (now Yvelines), near Paris, he studied art at high school until he graduated in 1982. Chomet ...
for ''
Léon la came'', in collaboration with
Nicolas de Crécy,
Casterman
Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Brussels, Belgium.
History
The company was founded in 1780 by Donat-Joseph Casterman, an editor and bookseller or ...
* 1996:
Nicolas Dumontheuil for ''
Qui a tué l'idiot'', Casterman
* 1997:
Joann Sfar
Joann Sfar (; born 28 August 1971) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, novelist, and film director.
Life and career
Sfar was born in Nice, the son of Lilou, a pop singer, who died when he was three, and André Sfar, a lawyer well know ...
for ''
La fille du professeur'', artist
Emmanuel Guibert
Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the ...
,
Dupuis
Éditions Dupuis S.A. () is a Belgium, Belgian publisher of comic albums and magazines.
Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic comics album, albums and magazines. It is ...
* 1998:
Tonino Benacquista
Tonino Benacquista (born in Choisy-le-Roi on 1 September 1961) is a French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter. He wrote the novel ''Malavita'' (''Badfellas'' for 2010 English translation), which was later adapted into a film b ...
for ''
L'Outremangeur'', Casterman
* 1999:
Éric Liberge for ''
Monsieur Mardi-Gras Descendres'',
Zone créative
2000s
* 2000:
Jean-Philippe Stassen for ''
Déogratias'', Dupuis
* 2001:
Emile Bravo for ''
La Réplique Inattendue'', Dargaud
* 2002:
Hervé Bourhis for ''
Thomas ou le retour du Tabou'',
Les Humanoïdes Associés
Les Humanoïdes Associés (or simply Humanoïdes) is a France, Franco-United States, American publishing house specializing in comics and graphic novels, founded in December 1974 by comic artists Jean Giraud, Mœbius, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philipp ...
* 2003:
Riad Sattouf
Riad Sattouf ( ar, رياض سطوف; born 5 May 1978) is a French cartoonist, comic artist, and film director. Sattouf is best known for his award-winning graphic memoir hexalogy '' L'Arabe du futur'' (''The Arab of the Future'') and for his awa ...
for ''
Les Pauvres Aventures de Jérémie part 1'', Dargaud
* 2004:
Bruno Le Floc’h for ''
Trois Éclats blancs'',
Delcourt
* 2005:
Gipi
Gianni Pacinotti, better known by the pseudonym of Gipi, is an Italian cartoonist, filmmaker, and author.
Biography
Born in Pisa in 1963, he began his career illustrating for the publishing and advertising industries.
He began illustrating stor ...
for ''
Notes pour une histoire de guerre'',
Actes Sud
Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members.
H ...
* 2006:
Ludovic Debeurme for ''
Lucille'',
Futuropolis
''Futuropolis'' is a 1984 American short animated/stop motion science fiction film written and directed by Steve Segal and Phil Trumbo. The film introduces Tom Campagnoli, Mike Cody, Stan Garth, Catherine Schultz and Cassandra Cossitt in lead ro ...
* 2007:
Jul
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* July, as an abbreviation for the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar
Jul or JUL may also refer to:
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* ''Jul'', Scandinavian and Germanic word for Yule
* ''Jul (Denmark)'', the Danish Yu ...
for ''
Le guide du moutard: Pour survivre à 9 mois de grossesse'',
Glénat
* 2008 :
Chloé Cruchaudet for ''
Groenland Manhattan'', éditions
Delcourt.
2009-2016 no awards given
* 2017 :
Emmanuel Guibert
Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the ...
for ''
Martha et Alan'' and lifes work.
* 2018 :
Jean Harambat for Opération Copperhead, éditions Dargaud.
2020s
*2020: and
Fabien Vehlmann
Fabien Vehlmann (born 30 January 1972) is a French comics writer best known for ''Green Manor'' and ''Seuls''. Yvan Delporte dubbed him "The René Goscinny of the third millennium".
Biography
Fabien Vehlmann, born in 1972 in Mont-de-Marsan, gre ...
for ''Le Dernier atlas''
*2021:
Loo Hui Phang for ''Black-Out'' (Futuropolis)
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Notes
External links
Prix René Goscinnyat the René Goscinny official homepage (in French)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angouleme International Comics Festival Rene Goscinny award
Angoulême International Comics Festival