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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.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 3 January 1924
- Died
- 5 January 1997
- Works
- 308
Top works
- Elgafe gafado
- Elgafe la goza
- El golfo de Elgafe
- Los Piratas del silencio ; Super-Quick
- Les aventures de Spirou et Fantasio, tome 16
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1848-10-19
- Active to
- 1934-01-22
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 47
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Andr%C3%A9+Franquin">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,255x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,664x
via Crossref · CC0
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
Show 7 more facts
- 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
via Wikidata · CC0
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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.