
Albert Uderzo
1927 – 2020 · aged 93
French comic book artist (1927–2020)
- Born
- 25 Apr 1927 · Fismes
- Died
- 24 Mar 2020 · Neuilly-sur-Seine
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 25 Apr 1927BornBorn in Fismes
- 1999AwardGrand prix de la ville d'Angoulême
- 2003AwardCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- 2004AwardMax und Moritz award
- 2005AwardHonorary citizen of Brussels
- 2005AwardWill Eisner Hall of Fame
- 2006AwardGouden Olifant voor gehele oeuvre
- 2007AwardKnight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
- 2009AwardHonorary doctor of Paris 13 University
- 2013AwardFrench Excellence Award
- 2013AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
- 24 Mar 2020DiedDied in Neuilly-sur-Seine
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1927 – 2020).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
Biography
Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (Italian: [alˈbɛrto aleˈandro uˈdɛrtso]; 25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020), better known as Albert Uderzo (French: [albɛʁ ydɛʁzo]), 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.
Text from the Wikipedia article Albert Uderzo, CC BY-SA 4.0
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