André-Paul Duchâteau
André-Paul Duchâteau | |
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| Born | 8 May 1925 Tournai, Belgium |
| Died | 26 August 2020 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation(s) | comics writer, mystery novelist |
André-Paul Duchâteau (8 May 1925 – 26 August 2020) was a Belgian comics writer and mystery novelist.
Biography
[edit]He worked with Tibet on the detective comics series Ric Hochet and the more humoristic western comic Chick Bill. He also wrote under the pseudonym Michel Vasseur. Duchâteau additionally wrote several detective novels and radio plays.[2] As a dramatist he is most famous for his play 5 à 7 Avec La Mort (1960), which has been adapted into various media.[2]
Duchâteau died on 26 August 2020.[3][4]
Awards
[edit]- 1974: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière – French Prize
- 2003: Prix Saint-Michel – Best story
- 2010: Grand Prix Saint-Michel[5]
Works
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "Mort d'André-Paul Duchâteau, papa de la bande dessinée "Ric Hochet"". Est Republicain (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ a b "André-Paul Duchâteau". lambiek.net.
- ^ "Cauchemar pour Ric Hochet: André-Paul Duchâteau est mort". Le Soir (in French). 26 August 2020.
- ^ "André-Paul Duchâteau, scénariste de la bande dessinée "Ric Hochet", est décédé". 26 August 2020.
- ^ Belga (14 September 2010). "Scenarist Rik Ringers wint hoofdprijs Brussel stripfestival" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
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