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Valerian & Laureline Writer Pierre Christin Dies

Christin was born at Saint-Mandé on July 27, 1938. His ions were piano jazz and literature. He worked as a journalist, novelist, and professor. Christin created would would become the school of journalism at Bordeaux University. He also traveled to the U.S. as a visiting lecturer in 1965, and became a teacher of French contemporary literature at Salt Lake City University in Utah.

Christin debuted the science fiction graphic novel series Valerian & Laureline in Pilote magazine in 1967 with artist released the series on home video. The graphic novels also inspired the Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets film in 2017.

Thanks to Delphine Maurette from ANN's French team for assistance with this article.

Sources: Le Monde, ICv2 (Milton Griepp)