Chloé Cruchaudet (born 2 November 1976 in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, France) is a French

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illustrator, author and

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Early life

Chloé Cruchaudet studied at the Émile-Cohl School in Lyon and then at the Gobelins School in Paris, where she studied

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Career

She committed to the field at the beginning of her career. She worked on series and animated films, notably ''Ernest and Celestine'' and ''Have you ever seen...'', while developing personal projects. In 2006, she entered the world of comics. She participated in the collective album ''Les Enfants Sauvés'', released by Delcourt in November of 2008. In 2009, she launched the ''Ida'' series, which details in three volumes the adventures of a thirty-year-old hypochondriac and authoritarian spinster who discovers a passion for travel. At the same time, she participated in the project ''Les Autres Gens'' brings together multiple artists around scriptwriter Thomas Cadène, who was the initiator of this

project. In February 2016, Chloé refused her nomination in the

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, as did three other comic book authors. In 2017 she began teaching at Émile Cohl school in

''Mauvais genre''

In September 2013, she released ''Mauvais genre'' based on the essay "La Garçonne et l'Assassin" by Fabrice Virgili and Danièle Voldman. The book was well received by critics and earned awards: * Landerneau BD (2013) * Coup de cœur at Quai des Bulles festival * Critics' Award of the Association of Comic Book Critics and Journalists, * Cultura Audience Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival (2014)

Recognition

René Goscinny René Goscinny (; ; 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the ''Asterix, Astérix'' comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Born in France to a Jewish family from Poland, he spent his chil ...

prize (2008)

Bibliography

* ''La Fête foraine de Gus'', Balivernes éditions,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

* ''Joséphine Baker'', Nocturne, coll. « BD Chanson »,

* ''Groenland Manhattan'', Delcourt, 2008 * « Gargantua versus Alice », in ''Rendez-vous'', Akileos, 2008 * Participation in ''Enfants sauvés'' (dessin), avec Philippe Thirault (scénario), Delcourt, 2008 * « Mon chat à moi 5 », in ''Mon chat à moi'', Delcourt, 2008 * ''Ida'', Delcourt : # ''Grandeur et Humiliation'', 2009 # ''Candeur et Abomination'', 2011 # ''Stupeur et Révélation'', 2013 * Participation in ''Autres Gens'', volumes 2 and 3 (drawing), with Thomas Cadène (scenario), Dupuis, 2011 * ''Mauvais Genre'', Delcourt,

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* ''La Poudre d'escampette'', Delcourt,

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

* ''L'Herbier sauvage'', Soleil Productions,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* ''La Belle et la Bête'', Gallimard jeunesse,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* ''La croisade des innocents'', Soleil, coll. Noctambule,

* ''Les belles personnes'', Soleil, coll. Noctambule,

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

* ''Céleste : « Bien sûr, monsieur Proust. » - Première partie'', Éditions Soleil,

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

References

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