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 (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

, France. He graduated from the

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

, and he passed the

agrégation In France, the () is the most competitive and prestigious examination for civil service in the French public education A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all stu ...

in History.

Career

Giroud taught History in Milan and

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

. 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 Baruti Kandolo Lilela, better known by his pen name Barly Baruti (born December 9, 1959, in Kisangani, in what was then the Congo-Léopoldville), is a Congolese (DRC) cartoonist. He has been described by the British Broadcasting Corporation as ...

, as well as ''Oubliés d’Annam'' and ''Azrayen'', drawn by Christian Lax. In 2000, he created '' Le Décalogue'', published by

Glénat Editions Glénat can refer to: * Glénat, Cantal, a commune in the Cantal ''département'', France * Glénat Éditions, a French publisher, specialising in comics and manga {{disambig ...

. Giroud was awarded the

Max & Moritz Prize The Max und Moritz Award (German language, German:Max und Moritz-Preis), also known as the Max & Moritz Prize , is a prize for comic books, comic strips, and other similar materials. It has been awarded at each of the biennial International Comi ...

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