Frederik Peeters
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{{Short description|Swiss graphic novelist}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|08|14|df=y}}
|birth_place =Geneva, Switzerland
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|notable works=Blue Pills
Sandcastle
Aâma
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Frédérik Peeters ({{IPA|fr|pɛtɛʁs|lang}}; born 14 August 1974 in Geneva) is a contemporary Swiss graphic novelist.
Biography
Peeters received his bachelor of arts degree in visual communication from the École 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=21 January 2008|language=French|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813073712/http://www.nouvellebd.com/nouvellebd/page.cfm?annee=2004&rubrique=auteurs#138|archive-date=13 August 2007|url-status=dead}} Peeters currently lives with his partner Cati, her son, and their 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, 23 March 2008 received the Polish Jury Prize at the Angoulême 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.
Other graphic novels include Pachyderme (nominated for the Grand Prix at the Angoulême International Comics Festival 2010), Lupus, RG, and Koma. He has worked with documentary film-maker {{ill|Pierre Oscar Lévy|fr}} on an adaptation of Blue Pills for that medium. Subsequently, in 2010 the two collaborated on a science fiction graphic novel, available in English in 2011 as Sandcastle.{{Cite web|title = Sandcastle|url = http://www.selfmadehero.com/title.php?isbn=9781906838386&edition_id=205|website = www.selfmadehero.com|accessdate = 10 December 2015}} The novel was adapted into an M. Night Shyamalan film, Old.{{Cite web|title=M. Night Shyamalan Unveils Title & Key Art for 2021 Thriller|date=26 September 2020 |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1149992-m-night-shyamalan-unveils-title-key-art-for-2021-thriller|accessdate=26 September 2020}}
He is also the author and illustrator of Aâma, a science-fiction series released in four parts between March 2014, and September 2015.
References
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External links
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- [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/mar/23/culture.features Interview in The Guardian]
- [https://frederikpeeters.tumblr.com/ Frederik Peeters offizielle tumblr Seite]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080117071221/http://www.atrabile.org/frederikpeeters/ Another site]
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Category:Swiss expatriates in France
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