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Albert Uderzo
Alberto Aleandro Uderzo, better known as Albert Uderzo, was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the Astérix series in collaboration with René Goscinny. He also drew other comics such as Oumpah-pah, again with Goscinny. Uderzo retired in September 2011.
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culture · French comic book artist (1927–2020) · comics artist · painter · screenwriter · film director · colorist · illustrator · draftsperson · visual artist · comics writer · writer · also Albert Uderzo, Uderzo, Al Uderzo, Alberto Aleandro Uderzo
Born 25 April 1927 · Died 24 March 2020 · Q206685
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2020· 1 entry
2014· 1 entry
And the two reached an amicable settlement
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2013).
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Awarded French Excellence Award (2013).
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Uderzo in 2013 sued his daughter and son-in-law for "psychological violence".
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Sued his daughter and son-in-law for "psychological violence"
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2011· 1 entry
Asterix was taken over by Jean-Yves Ferri (script) and Didier Conrad (art)
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Paris 13 University (2009).
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (2007).
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As managers of his estate and agreed to sell his share of Éditions Albert René to Hachette Livre, Sylvie accused him in a column in Le Monde, that with this sale to a corporation it was "as if the gates of the Gaulish vi
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Gouden Olifant voor gehele oeuvre (2006).
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Will Eisner Hall of Fame (2005).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Brussels (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Max und Moritz award (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2003).
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême (1999).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1985).
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1961· 1 entry
The first story Astérix le Gaulois (Asterix the Gaul) was published as an individual album
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1959· 1 entry
Goscinny and Uderzo became editor and artistic director (respectively) of Pilote magazine, a new venture aimed at older children
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1958· 1 entry
Adapted Oumpah-pah for serial publication in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tintin, where it ran until 1962
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1953· 1 entry
And had one daughter Sylvie Uderzo (b
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1952· 1 entry
At the newly opened Paris office of the Belgian company, World Press
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1929· 1 entry
The Uderzos moved to Clichy-sous-Bois in the eastern suburbs of Paris, the capital city of France
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1927· 1 entry
Born 1927-04-25.
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1925· 1 entry
But died of pneumonia at the age of 8 months
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1915· 1 entry
In La Spezia, where Silvio Uderzo was recovering after being wounded while serving in the Royal Italian Army during World War I
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