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Riad Sattouf

French cartoonist and film director · France · On the map · Artists · Born 1978 · age 48

Riad Sattouf is a French cartoonist, comic artist, and film director. Sattouf is best known for his graphic memoir L'Arabe du futur and for his film Les Beaux Gosses.

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2023Grand prix de la ville d'AngoulêmeAward2017Knight of the National Order of MeritAward2015Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best AlbumAward2014RTL Prize for comic bookAward2010Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best AlbumAwardCésar Award for Best First FilmAward2008Globes de Cristal AwardsAward2007Prix Jacques-LobAward2003Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny awardAward1978Born5 May 1978

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  1. So the reader thinks: “My God, this man is saying horrible things in front of a child!”…It’s more sincere ...

    On writing the father character in The Arab of the Future in “Riad Sattouf interview: ‘I didn’t want to be the guy of Arab origin who makes, Own words

  2. I tried not to generalize. But a lot of guys are like my father.

    On trying not to generalize when writing the father character in The Arab of the Future in “The Future is Here: An Interview with Riad, Own words

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Awards

Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême2023
Knight of the National Order of Merit2017
Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album2015
RTL Prize for comic book2014
Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album2010
César Award for Best First Film2010
Globes de Cristal Awards2008
Prix Jacques-Lob2007
Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award2003
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

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He also worked for the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo for ten years, from 2004 to mid-2014, publishing drawing boards of one of his major works La vie secrète des jeunes.

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France
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
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Dates
Born 1978 · age 48

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