Grazia Nidasio
{{Short description|Italian comic artist and illustrator}}
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| name = Grazia Nidasio
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|9 February 1931}}
| birth_place =Milan, Italy
| death_date = {{death-date and age|25 December 2018|9 February 1931}}
| death_place = Certosa di Pavia, Italy
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| occupation = Comic artist
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Grazia Nidasio (9 February 1931 – 25 December 2018) was an Italian comic artist and illustrator.
Life and career
Born in Milan, Nidasio graduated from the Liceo scientifico in her hometown and later from the Brera Academy.{{cite web |title=Nidasio, Grazia nell'Enciclopedia Treccani |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/grazia-nidasio/ |website=Treccani |access-date=14 February 2022 |language=it-IT}}{{cite news |last1=Colombo |first1=Severino |title=Morta Grazia Nidasio, la signora dei fumetti italiani |url=https://www.corriere.it/cultura/18_dicembre_25/morta-grazia-nidasio-illustratrice-valentina-mela-verde-la-stefi-corriere-piccoli-038b8164-084d-11e9-9efd-ce3c5bf3dd59.shtml |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=25 December 2018 |language=it}}{{cite news |last1=Celi|first1=Rita |title=È morta Grazia Nidasio, caposcuola del fumetto italiano con Stefi e Valentina Mela Verde |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/people/2018/12/25/news/grazia_nidasio-215084906/ |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=La Repubblica |date=25 December 2018 |language=it}} In the 1950s she started a long collaboration with the children magazine Corriere dei Piccoli, for which she worked for over 35 years, creating a large number of popular characters, starting from Alibella and Gelsomino.{{cite news |last1=Fochesato |first1=Walter |title=Grazia Nidasio |url=https://www.andersen.it/grazia-nidasio/ |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=Rivista Andersen |date=25 December 2018 |language=it-IT}} She is best known for the series {{Interlanguage link|Valentina Mela Verde|it}} and its spin-off {{Interlanguage link|Stefi (comics)|it|Stefi (fumetto)|lt=Stefi}}, which between late 1960s and early 1990s recounted in a realistic, tender and humorous way the everyday life of two adolescent sisters of their time.{{cite news |last1=Giacomotti |first1=Fabiana |title=Grazia Nidasio e la guerra di Stefi |url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/cultura/2018/12/26/news/grazia-nidasio-e-la-guerra-di-stefi-230505/ |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=Il Foglio |date=26 December 2018|language=it}} Her comics have been published in a number of countries, including France, Brazil and Argentina.
Nidasio collaborated with Corriere della Sera as a cartoonist and an illustrator, and illustrated numerous children books, including several Astrid Lindgren's novels. She also worked in advertising, notably creating the Piccolo mugnaio bianco ("Little white miller") character, i.e. the mascot of the 1980s Mulino Bianco advertising campaigns.{{cite web |title=Grazia Nidasio – Fumettista e illustratrice |url=https://www.archiviostoricobarilla.com/esplora/focus/biografie-degli-autori/grazia-nidasio-fumettista-e-illustratrice/ |website=Archivio Storico Barilla |language=it-IT}}
During her career Nidasio was recipient of numerous awards, including the Yellow Kid Award in 1972 and the {{Interlanguage link|Premio Andersen|it}} in 1987 and in 2001.
References
External links
- [https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nidasio_grazia.htm Grazia Nidasio] at Lambiek
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