Pier Lorenzo De Vita
{{Short description|Italian comics artist (1909–1990)}}
Pier Lorenzo De Vita (21 November 1909 – 7 April 1990) was an Italian comic book artist.
Life and career
Born in Castiglione Olona, De Vita made his professional debut in 1934 in the magazine Jumbo.{{cite book|last1=Franco Fossati|title=Dizionario Illustrato del Fumetto|publisher=Mondadori, 1992|isbn=8804355441|page=76|chapter=De Vita, Pier Lorenzo}}{{cite book |last1=Boschi |first1=Luca |last2=Gori |first2=Leonardo |last3=Sani |first3=Andrea |title=I Disney italiani: dal 1930 al 1990, la storia dei fumetti di Topolino e Paperino realizzati in Italia |publisher=Granata Press, 1990 |isbn=978-88-7248-000-7 |pages=117–24, 251}} In 1936 he started collaborating with {{Interlanguage link|Scena illustrata|it}} and Corriere dei Piccoli, for which he created the long-running series La Primula Rossa del Risorgimento.
In 1938 De Vita debuted on Topolino with a comic adaptation of Albert Robida's novel The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul. After illustrating Tuffolino, a Mickey Mouse imitation for the magazine Paperino, as well as some adventure comic series such as Pecos Bill and Oklahoma, in 1955 he started a long collaboration with Guido Martina with a Donald Duck story, Paperino Don Chisciotte. He continued to illustrate Disney stories often written by Martina until his retirement in 1981.
De Vita died in Domaso.
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Category:Italian comics artists