Sempe biography

Jean Jacques Sempé

By LatAm ARTE

Sempé is one of the caricaturists who has best portrayed French society, especially Parisian daily life, but he has also managed to reflect the rural environment.

Born in Bordeaux in , he published his first drawing at the age of 18 in the local newspaper “Sud-Ouest” and soon began collaborating on “Noir et Blanc”. Later he did it in "Paris Match", "Punch" and other prestigious publishers, such as "L' Express".

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Already in he obtained the "Carrizey" prize, intended for novice cartoonists. He became famous for his caricatures, starring characters who rarely articulate words but who are capable of communicating an idea from simplicity, with exquisite humor.

He has published thirty books with his drawings and has illustrated a hundred covers for "The New Yorker" magazine, but for the general public, Sempé is the cartoonist of "Little Nicolás", a series he created in with screenwriter R