Person

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.

Showing 107 years
  1. 25 Apr 1927BornBorn in Fismes
  2. 1999AwardGrand prix de la ville d'Angoulême
  3. 2003AwardCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
  4. 2004AwardMax und Moritz award
  5. 2005AwardHonorary citizen of Brussels
  6. 2005AwardWill Eisner Hall of Fame
  7. 2006AwardGouden Olifant voor gehele oeuvre
  8. 2007AwardKnight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
  9. 2009AwardHonorary doctor of Paris 13 University
  10. 2013AwardFrench Excellence Award
  11. 2013AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
  12. 24 Mar 2020DiedDied in Neuilly-sur-Seine

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1927 – 2020).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 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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