Cyril Pedrosa
Cyril Pedrosa (born November 22, 1972 in Poitiers ) is a French - Portuguese comic book writer , graphic artist and illustrator . In Germany it is published by Reprodukt .
Life
Pedrosa was born to Portuguese parents in the French city of Poitiers. He studied illustration at the Gobelins School of Art in Paris. He then worked as an animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios in Paris, a. a. in films like The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) or Hercules (1997) . From 1998 Pedrosa worked with David Chauvel on several volumes of the Ring Circus series and created the children's series Brigade Fantôme and, from 2004, the Shaolin Moussaka series with him .
With Les Coeurs Solitaires , Pedrosa began to publish works that were entirely self-made in 2006. His breakthrough came in 2007 with the graphic novel Trois ombres , which appeared in Germany in 2008 as "Drei Schatten".
Since then, his works have appeared in a number of languages, in addition to French, in particular in English, Portuguese, Spanish and German. He has also contributed to a large number of international publications, in German-speaking countries, for example, in Rappelkopf in Austria . He is also one of the authors of the comics that have appeared on the last page of the German-language edition of Le Monde diplomatique since 2005 .
Pedrosa has received a number of international awards for Trois ombres , for his autobiographical comic Autobio and in particular for his autobiographically inspired graphic novel Portugal .
Awards
- 2008: Les Essentiels d'Angoulême at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for Trois Ombres
- 2009: Prix Tournesol at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for Autobio
- 2009: Comic Books Award from the National Cartoonists Society (USA) for Autobio
- 2011: Prix Le Point , Le Point magazine's comic prize for Portugal
- 2011: Prix Bédélys in Montreal (Canada) for Portugal
- 2012: Prix des Libraires de Bande Dessinée for Portugal
- 2012: Le Prix de la BD Fnac , comic price of Fnac for Portugal
- 2013: Millor obra estrangera , award for the best foreign comic at the Saló Internacional del Còmic de Barcelona comic fair in Barcelona for Portugal
Pedrosa has also been invited to various literary festivals, such as the International Literature Festival Berlin 2014 in Germany .
Works (selection)
- Drei Schatten ( Trois ombres ), Reprodukt , Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938511-95-4 .
- Auto-Bio ( Autobio ), Reprodukt, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941099-22-7 .
- Portugal, Reprodukt, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-943143-05-8 .
- Hunters and Gatherers ( Les Équinoxes ), Reprodukt, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-956400-44-5 .
- Sérum , Delcourt , Paris 2017, ISBN 978-2756065915 .
- The Golden Age ( L'Âge d'or , together with Roxanne Moreil ), Reprodukt, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-956401-83-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Cyril Pedrosa in the catalog of the German National Library
- Cyril Pedrosa's official blog
- Entry on Cyril Pedrosa in the Lambiek Comiclopedia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the anthology of Le Monde diplomatique-Comics , website of the German Reprodukt-Comicverlag, accessed on July 1, 2019
- ↑ Biography of Cyril Pedrosa at the Berlin Literature Festival, accessed on October 18, 2015
- ↑ Profile of Cyrl Pedrosas ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the German Reprodukt publishing house, accessed on October 18, 2015
- ↑ Profile Cyrl Pedrosa at the French Delcourt publishing house, accessed on October 18, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pedrosa, Cyril |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-Portuguese comic book author, graphic artist and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poitiers , France |