Dante Quinterno (Buenos Aires City, October 26, 1909Buenos Aires City, May 14, 2003) was an
Argentine
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comics artist, agricultural producer, and prolific editorial businessman, famous for being the creator of the
Patoruzú, Isidoro Cañones and Patoruzito characters.
He was born in Buenos Aires city, on October 26, 1909, son of
Martín Quinterno and
Laura Raffo. His paternal grandfather was originally from
Piamonte, and emigrated to Argentina to be an Agricultural producer and a fruit seller.
In 1924 he began sending his drawings to several Buenos Aires newspapers and in 1925 he published his first comic ''Panitruco'', in ''El Suplemento''. Later on he wrote ''Andanzas y desventuras de Manolo Quaranta'' (1926); ''Don Fermín'' (later renamed ''Don Fierro'', 1926), and ''Un porteño optimista'' (later named ''Las aventuras de Don Gil Contento'', 1927), for different newspapers. In the latter he introduced in 1928 a new character ''Curugua-Curuguagüigua'', which was later renamed ''
Patoruzú''. Along with Patoruzú came other supporting characters as
Isidoro Cañones and the young Patoruzú (''Patoruzito''), which later on became their own main character in their own publications. Since 1936, Patoruzú became an independent publication, which at its zenith sold 300,000 copies. In that same year, he founded Dante Quinterno Publishing (''Editorial Dante Quinterno''). Other books followed: "Libro de Oro de Patoruzú" (1937,annual comic book), Dinamica Rural" (1950,agricultural magazine),"Pepín Cascarón''(1960), Patoruzito'' (1945, with the collaboration of
Eduardo Ferro
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,
José Luis Salinas
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and
Alberto Breccia), ''Andanzas de Patoruzú'' (1956), ''Correrías de Patoruzito'' (1958) and ''Locuras de Isidoro'' (1968).
Quinterno also started a career as animator, and on November 20, 1942 opened a 15-minute animated colour short, ''
Upa en apuros
''Upa en apuros'' is a 1942 Argentine short animated colour film written and directed by Dante Quinterno. The film premiered on November 20, 1942 at the Ambassador cinema in Buenos Aires. At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, ...
'' at the Ambassador cinema in Buenos Aires. At the
1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards
The 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards ceremony was held in Buenos Aires on 10 January 1943 to honour the best films and contributors to Argentine cinema in 1942. This was the first time the awards had been presented.
Awards given
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, Quinterno won the Special Prize for this film.
In the 1990s he moved away from the comics world, becoming a businessman, but he continue exploiting his characters with his own publishing and licensee companies; Editorial Universo S.A. and Los Tehuelches S.A.. Married Rosa Schiaffino in 1938, they had three children: Dante, Walter and Mónica. He died in Buenos Aires on May 14, 2003, and is buried at
La Recoleta Cemetery.
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References
External links
Dante Quinterno, in Siempre Historietas
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1909 births
2003 deaths
Argentine comics artists
Argentine comics writers
Argentine people of Italian descent
People from Buenos Aires Province
Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery