Raymond Poïvet
Raymond Poïvet (17 June 1910 – 30 August 1999) was a French cartoonist.
Raymond Poïvet
- Name
- Raymond Poïvet
- Born
- 17 June 1910
- Birthplace
- Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Paris
- Died
- 29 August 1999
- Place of death
- Nogent-le-Rotrou, Paris
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Occupation
- Cartoonist
- Full name
- Raymond Paul Edmond Jean Poïvet.
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Key facts
• Name — Raymond Poïvet • Born — 17 June 1910 • Birthplace — Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Paris • Died — 29 August 1999 • Place of death — Nogent-le-Rotrou, Paris • Education — Beaux-Arts de Paris • Occupation — Cartoonist
Documentary record
Raymond Poïvet appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a caricaturist and comics author (17 June 1910 – 30 August 1999). Raymond Poïvet was born on 17 June 1910; the birthplace is recorded as Le Cateau-Cambrésis by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Le Cateau (Nord) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Biography
Biography
Poïvet was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord. After studies at Beaux-Arts de Paris, he started in comics in 1941. In 1945 he joined the communist French comics weekly magazine Vaillant, which was renamed Pif in 1969. He created the first and longest running French science-fiction comics: Les Pionniers de l'Espérance, which lasted until 1973. The scenarios were written by Roger Lecureux. Meanwhile, he also drew for other comics and feminine magazines: Colonel X in Coq hardi, Mam'zelle Nitouche in L'Humanité, and Guy Lebleu in Pilote. Poïvet died on 30 August 1999 in Nogent-le-Rotrou.
Documentary record
Raymond Poïvet died on 30 August 1999; the place of death is Nogent-le-Rotrou, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Nogent-le-Rotrou (Eure-et-Loir).
Identity
Identity
Raymond Poïvet is recorded as draftsperson and comics artist.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1910
Raymond Poïvet born at Le Cateau-Cambrésis.
1999
Raymond Poïvet died at Nogent-le-Rotrou.
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Le Cateau-Cambrésis.
Birth place
Nogent-le-Rotrou.
Death place
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Raymond Poïvet, le pionnier de la bande dessinée (2012) — DataCite (ReS Futurae)
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2134250: Raymond Poïvet
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- “Raymond Poïvet”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Gilles Ratier. Raymond Poïvet (1ère partie). BDZoom. 16 octobre 2012.
- 2.Richard Medioni. Poïvet à "Vaillant". Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image. septembre 2012.
- 3.Fascicules archivés. Il pioniere.
- 4.Harry Morgan. Les pionniers de l’espérance : le jardin fantastique. Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image. septembre 2012.
- 5.Roger Jeanne. Robin l'Écureuil. Le Collectionneur de bandes dessinées. 15. 11 . 1979-01.
- 6.Biographie de Jean Le Moing.
- 7.Michel Béra. Chouchou. Le Collectionneur de bandes dessinées. 15. 16-17 . 1979-01.
- 8.Didier Pasamonik. Roland Garel (dessinateur, ancien syndicaliste) : "C’est le marché de l’album qui est responsable de la dégradation du statut des auteurs de BD.". Actua BD. 11 janvier 2012.
- 9.Christian Kastelnik. La brasserie des copains… Une histoire vieille de 50 ans. Le blog du journal Pilote. mai 2018.
- 10."m.i.x. 315" retrouvé. Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image.
- 11.Gilles Ratier. Raymond Poïvet (2ème partie). BD Zoom. 23 octobre 2012.
- 12.Philippe Lefèvre-Vakana. à la recherche d’un chef-d’œuvre de raymond poïvet. Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image. Hiver 2003.
- 13.Yves-Marie Labé. Raymond Poïvet. Le Monde. 1 septembre 1999.
- 14.Yves-Marie Labé. Bonheurs posthumes . Le Monde des Livres. 2 novembre 2007.
- 15.Didier Pasamonik. Exceptionnelle exposition Raymond Poïvet à Angoulême. ActuaBD. 10 octobre 2012.
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