Frédérik Peeters (; born 14 August 1974 in

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

) is a contemporary Swiss

graphic novelist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and g ...

Biography

Peeters received his bachelor of arts degree in visual communication from the École Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués in Geneva in 1995. Peeters currently lives with his partner Cati, her son, and their daughter in Geneva. His autobiographical graphic novel ''

Blue Pills ''Blue Pills'' (original title: ''Pilules Bleues'') is a 2001 Swiss-French autobiographical comic written and illustrated by Frederik Peeters. The comic tells the story of a man falling in love with an HIV-positive woman. The book won the 2001 ...

'' received the Polish Jury Prize 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 ...

, where it was also nominated for Best Book. ''Blue Pills'' also won the Premios La Cárcel de Papel in Spain for Best Foreign Comic. This is his first work to be translated into English. Other graphic novels include ''Pachyderme'' (nominated for the Grand Prix at the

2010), ''Lupus'', ''RG'', and ''Koma''. He has worked with documentary film-maker Pierre Oscar Lévy on an adaptation of Blue Pills for that medium. Subsequently, in 2010 the two collaborated on a science fiction graphic novel, available in English in 2011 as ''Sandcastle''. The novel was adapted into an M. Night Shyamalan film, ''

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''. He is also the author and illustrator of ''Aâma'', a science-fiction series released in four parts between March 2014, and September 2015.

References

External links

Interview in The Guardian

Frederik Peeters offizielle tumblr Seite

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