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Fred Dewilde (4 December 1966 – 5 May 2024) was a French comics artist and survivor of the Bataclan terrorist attack in Paris.[1]
Biography
Dewilde was born on December 4, 1966.[2] Attending a concert at the Bataclan on 13 November 2015, he survived the coordinated terrorist attack carried out by Islamist militants in Paris.[3] Despite physically escaping the massacre, where he spent two hours amidst the bodies and the dying, the trauma eventually caught up with him.[3] He published the graphic novels Mon Bataclan (My Bataclan) in 2016 and La Morsure (The Bite) in 2018, both about the Bataclan.[4] He also contributed until his death, to the creation of a Terrorism Memorial Museum, which is expected to open its doors in 2027.[4] Dewilde committed suicide on 5 May 2024, at the age of 58.[3]
Bibliography
- Mon Bataclan, 2016, Fred Dewilde, Template:ISBN
- La morsure, 2018, Fred Dewilde, Template:ISBN
- La Mort émoi, 2022, Fred Dewilde, Template:ISBN