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André Franquin
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Belgian comics artist (1924-1997)
OverviewAI-generated
André Franquin was a French male author who lived from 3 January 1924 to 5 January 1997. He is associated with a body of work that includes titles such as *Elgafe gafado*, *Elgafe la goza*, *El golfo de Elgafe*, *Los Piratas del silencio*, *Super-Quick*, and *Les aventures de Spirou et Fantasio, tome 16*.
Records indicate that Franquin is linked to 308 works in one database and five in another. His name appears in 237 other encyclopedia articles. Additionally, he has two listeners and a total playcount of 47 on a music platform.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1924-01-03 ) 3 January 1924 , Etterbeek , Belgium
- Died
- 5 January 1997 (1997-01-05) (aged 73), Saint-Laurent-du-Var , France
- Area
- Writer, Artist
- Notable works
- Spirou et Fantasio , Modest et Pompon , Gaston , Idées noires , Marsupilami
- Awards
- Full list
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hector
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of death
- Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Educated at
- Institut Saint-Luc
- Employer
- Tintin
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Field of work
- young adult literature
- Genre
- humorous comics
- Movement
- Marcinelle school
- Image
- André Franquin, tekenaar strip Guust Flater, 1979 - 19.jpg
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- Commons category
- André Franquin
- date of death
- 1997-01-05
- date of birth
- 1924-01-03
- manner of death
- natural causes
- topic's main category
- Category:André Franquin
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- birth name
- André Jacques Hector Franquin
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Encyclopedic overview
André Franquin ( French: [fʁɑ̃kɛ̃]; 3 January 1924 – 5 January 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are Gaston and Marsupilami. He also produced the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1946 to 1968, a period seen by many as the series' golden age.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “André Franquin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.