- Frederik Peeters
Infobox Comics creator
name=Frederik Peeters
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location=Geneva ,Switzerland
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area=artist, writer
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notable works="Blue Pills"
awards=Alph'artFrédérik Peeters (born
August 14 ,1974 inGeneva ,Switzerland ) is a contemporarygraphic novelist . He received his degree in visual communication from theÉcole Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués in Geneva in 1995.cite web|title=Frederik Peeters' entry on nouvellebd.com|url=http://www.nouvellebd.com/nouvellebd/page.cfm?annee=2004&rubrique=auteurs#138|accessdate=2008-01-21|language=French] Peeters currently lives with his girlfriend Cati, her son, and their young daughter in Geneva.His autobiographical graphic novel "
Blue Pills " [ [http://books.guardian.co.uk/interviews/story/0,,2267473,00.html Frame by frame: how to make a cartoon drama out of a crisis] , "The Guardian ", March 23, 2008] received the Polish Jury Prize at theAngoulême International Comics Festival , where it was also nominated for Best Book. "Blue Pills" also won the Premios La Cárcel de Papel in Spain for Best Foreign Comic. This is his first work to be translated into English.Notes
External links
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/mar/23/culture.features Interview in The Guardian]
* [http://frederik.peeters.free.fr/ Official site]
* [http://www.atrabile.org/frederikpeeters/ Another site]
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