Frank Giroud (3 May 1956 – 13 July 2018) was a French comics writer.

Early life

Giroud was born on May 3, 1956 in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...

, France. He graduated from the

École Nationale des Chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ...

, and he passed the agrégation in History.

Career

Giroud taught History in Milan and

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. Giroud was a comics writer. He wrote the text for '' Louis la Guigne'', drawn by Jean-Paul Dethorey. He also wrote the text for ''Mandrill'', drawn by Barly Baruti, as well as ''Oubliés d’Annam'' and ''Azrayen'', drawn by Christian Lax. In 2000, he created '' Le Décalogue'', published by

Glénat Editions Glénat Editions SA is a French publisher with its head office in Grenoble. Their products include comic albums and manga in France, Benelux, and in the past Spain; it was founded by Jacques Glénat. The Benelux subsidiary, Glénat Benelux N.V., ...

. Giroud was awarded the

Max & Moritz Prize The Max & Moritz Prize is a prize for comic books, comic strips, and other similar materials which has been awarded at each of the biennial International Comics Shows of Erlangen since 1984. It is open to all material published in Germany. 1984 ...

for Best International Writer in 2002.

Death

Giroud died on July 13, 2018, at 62.

References

External links

Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
1956 births 2018 deaths Writers from Toulouse École Nationale des Chartes alumni French comics writers {{France-writer-stub