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Frederik Peeters

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Frederik Peeters
Area(s)artist, writer
Notable works
Blue Pills
AwardsAlph'art

Frédérik Peeters (born August 14, 1974 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a contemporary graphic novelist. He received his degree in visual communication from the École Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués in Geneva in 1995.[1] Peeters currently lives with his girlfriend Cati, her son, and their young daughter in Geneva.

His autobiographical graphic novel Blue Pills[2] 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.

Notes

  1. ^ "Frederik Peeters' entry on nouvellebd.com" (in French). Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  2. ^ Frame by frame: how to make a cartoon drama out of a crisis, The Guardian, March 23, 2008