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{{Short description|French comics creator and writer (1938–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
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| image         = Pierre Christin 20100701 Japan Expo 2.jpg
| imagesize     = 
| caption       = Christin in 2010
| birth_name    = 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1938|7|27|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Saint-Mandé]], Val-de-Marne, France
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2024|10|03|1938|7|27|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[Paris]], France
| writer        = y
| alias         = Linus
| notable works = ''[[Valérian and Laureline]]''<br/>''La Ville qui n'existait pas''<br/>''La voyageuse de la petite ceinture ''<br/>''Rumeurs sur le Rouerge''
| awards        = [[#Awards|full list]]
}}

'''Pierre Christin''' ({{IPA|fr|kʁistɛ̃|lang}}; 27 July 1938 – 3 October 2024) was a French comics creator and writer.

== Biography ==
Christin was born at [[Saint-Mandé]] on 27 July 1938.<ref>{{cite book |last1=De Weyer |first1=Geert |title=100 stripklassiekers die niet in je boekenkast mogen ontbreken |year=2008 |publisher=Atlas |location=[[Amsterdam]] / [[Antwerp]] |language=Dutch |isbn=978-90-450-0996-4 |page=213 }}</ref>

After graduating from the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]], Christin pursued graduate studies in political science at [[SciencesPo]] and became a professor of French literature at the [[University of Utah]],<ref>Historical Faculty Files, University Archives, University of Utah http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/UU_EAD,156 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129062438/http://content.lib.utah.edu/u/?%2FUU_EAD%2C156 |date=29 January 2011 }}</ref> [[Salt Lake City]]. His first comics story, ''Le Rhum du Punch'', illustrated by his childhood friend [[Jean-Claude Mézières]], was published in 1966 in ''[[Pilote]]'' magazine.  Christin returned to France the following year to join the faculty of the [[University of Bordeaux]]. That year he again collaborated with Mézières to create the science-fiction series ''[[Valérian and Laureline]]'' for ''Pilote''.  The first episode was [[Les Mauvais Rêves|''Les Mauvais Rêves'' (''Bad Dreams'')]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}

In addition to the ongoing ''Valérian'', Christin meanwhile wrote several other comics [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]]s, including ''The City That Didn't Exist'' (''La Ville qui n'existe pas''), ''[[The Black Order Brigade]]'' (''Les Phalanges de l'ordre noir'') and ''[[The Hunting Party (comics)|The Hunting Party]]'' (''Partie de chasse'') (all illustrated by [[Enki Bilal]]).  Among the many European comics artist he collaborated with were Enki Bilal, [[Jacques Tardi]], [[Alexis (comics)|Alexis]], [[Raymond Poïvet]], [[Jijé]], [[Annie Goetzinger]], [[Daniel Ceppi]], and [[François Boucq]].  He also wrote screenplays and science-fiction novels.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Christin died on 3 October 2024, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Potet |first1=Frédéric |title=Le scénariste Pierre Christin, grand nom de la bande dessinée, est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/10/03/le-scenariste-pierre-christin-grand-nom-de-la-bande-dessinee-est-mort_6342755_3382.html?lmd_medium=al&lmd_campaign=envoye-par-appli&lmd_creation=android&lmd_source=default |access-date=3 October 2024 |publisher=Le Monde |date=3 October 2024}}</ref>

==Awards==
* 1976: [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]], [[Former prizes of the Angoulême International Comics Festival#Award for best French author|Best French Author]]<ref name="ToutEnBD-Angoulême, 1976">{{cite web | last =ToutEnBD | title =Le palmarès 1976 | url =http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=848 | language =French | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20070313075212/http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=848 | archivedate =13 March 2007 }}</ref>
* 1986: Angoulême International Comics Festival, [[Former prizes of the Angoulême International Comics Festival#Library readers award|Library Readers Award]], for ''La voyageuse de la petite ceinture''<ref name="ToutEnBD-Angoulême, 1986">{{cite web | last =ToutEnBD | title =Le palmarès 1986 | url =http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=840 | language =French | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20070625041551/http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=840 | archivedate =25 June 2007 }}</ref>
* 1995: [[Haxtur Award]]s, [[Spain]], nominated for Best Short Comic Strip, for ''El Círculo del poder'' (''[[The Circles of Power]]''){{cn|date=October 2024}}
* 1997: Angoulême International Comics Festival, [[Former prizes of the Angoulême International Comics Festival#Tournesol award|Tournesol Award]], for ''Les otages de l'Ultralum'' (''[[Hostages of the Ultralum]]'')<ref name="La sauce verte">{{cite web | last =La sauce verte | title =Prix Tournesol | url =http://www.lasauceverte.org/article.php3?id_article=738 | language =French | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20071019113000/http://www.lasauceverte.org/article.php3?id_article=738 | archivedate =19 October 2007 }}</ref>
* 1996: [[Max & Moritz Prizes]], [[Germany]], [[Max & Moritz Prizes#1996|Best International Writer]]{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* 2019: Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award{{cn|date=October 2024}}

==References==
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;Other sources
* [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs1/christin.htm Pierre Christin publications in ''Pilote''] BDoubliées {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-6568-BD-Christin-Pierre.html Pierre Christin albums] Bedetheque {{in lang|fr}}

==External links==
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* [http://lambiek.net/artists/c/christin_pierre.htm Pierre Christin biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Saint-Mandé]]
[[Category:French comics writers]]
[[Category:Valérian and Laureline]]
[[Category:French male writers]]
[[Category:French graphic novelists]]
[[Category:University of Utah faculty]]


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