Derib

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Derib

Birth name	Claude de Ribaupierre
Born	August 8, 1944 (1944-08-08) (age 63) La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Notable works	Yakari Go West Buddy Longway Celui-qui-est-né-deux-fois
Awards	full list

Derib (born Claude de Ribaupierre on August 8, 1944 in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland) is a Swiss comics creator, one of the most famous in Europe. He is probably best known for his Western comics such as the children's comic Yakari, and the more mature works Buddy Longway and Celui-qui-est-né-deux-fois (He-who-was-born-twice). He draws in both a realistic style, and a cartoon style (similar to other Franco-Belgian cartoonists, such as Peyo, Albert Uderzo etc.), with a fondness for drawing majestic landscapes of the American West. Many of his major works feature Sioux Native Americans as main characters, and he has stated in interviews that he holds great admiration for the tribe.^{[citation needed]}

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1974: Best Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel, Belgium
1978: Best Foreign Artist at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
1982: Youth Award (9-12 years) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
1994: nominated for Best German-language Comic/Comic-related Publication at the Max & Moritz Prizes, Germany
2005: nominated for the Best Series Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
2006: Youth Award (7-8 years) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival