Person in history
Pierre Christin
Pierre Christin, French comics creator and writer (born 1938)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2024 · October 3
- Known as
- comics writer, lecturer, comics creator, teacher, and visiting professor. Citizenship: France
Their story
Who they were
Biography Christin was born at Saint-Mandé on 27 July 1938. [ 1 ] After graduating from the Sorbonne , Christin pursued graduate studies in political science at SciencesPo and became a professor of French literature at the University of Utah , [ 2 ] Salt Lake City . His first comics story, Le Rhum du Punch , illustrated by his childhood friend Jean-Claude Mézières , was published in 1966 in Pilote magazine.
Pierre Christin, French comics creator and writer (born 1938)
Early life
Educated at: Lycée Turgot, University of Paris, and Paris Institute of Political Studies.
Path and career
Awards / honours: Officer of Arts and Letters, Prix Tournesol, Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms, and Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award.
Why this date
Pierre Christin appears on our October 3 calendar for 2024 as a death entry.
Sources
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When did Pierre Christin die?
October 3 2024.
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