Fred Dewilde

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Fred Dewilde
Born1966 (1966)
Died (aged 58)
Area(s)comics artist, writer
Notable works
Mon Bataclan
La Morsure

Fred Dewilde (1966 – 5 May 2024) was a French comics artist and survivor of the Bataclan terrorist attack in Paris.[1]

Biography[edit]

Dewilde was born in 1966.[2] Attending a concert at the Bataclan on November 13, 2015, Fred Dewilde survived the coordinated terrorist attack carried out by Islamist militants in Paris.[3] Despite physically escaping the massacre at the Bataclan, where he spent two hours amidst the bodies and the dying, the trauma eventually caught up with Dewilde.[3] He published the graphic novels Mon Bataclan (My Bataclan) in 2016, and then La Morsure (The Bite) in 2018, both works 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[edit]

  • Mon Bataclan, 2016, Fred Dewilde, ISBN 978-2-37344-081-2
  • La morsure, 2018, Fred Dewilde, ISBN 978-2-410-01536-2
  • La Mort émoi, 2022, Fred Dewilde, ISBN 979-8366000154

References[edit]

  1. ^ Delage, Juliette. "13 Novembre : Fred Dewilde, dessinateur victime du Bataclan, s'est donné la mort". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  2. ^ Dewilde, Fred. BNF.
  3. ^ a b c "Fred Dewilde, dessinateur et survivant de l'attentat du Bataclan, s'est suicidé". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  4. ^ a b "Fred Dewilde, dessinateur rescapé du Bataclan, est décédé - ActuaBD". www.actuabd.com. Retrieved 2024-05-08.

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