Pratt, Hugo

Hugo PrattHugo Pratt, talijanski crtač stripova pravim imenom Ugo Eugenio Pratt. Rođen u Veneciji, 15. lipnja 1927., a umro u Lausanne, 20. kolovoza 1995.
Crtačem stripova odlučuje postati u desetoj godini, za vrijeme boravka u Etiopiji s roditeljima. Nakon što u sedamnaestoj godini zajedno s prijateljima u Veneciji tiska prvu publikaciju As pik, argentinski izdavač ih poziva da dođu raditi u Buenos Aires, što oni prihvaćaju. 1952. izdaje Narednika Kirka, zatim slijede Ana iz džungle, Fort Wheeling i drugi stripovi. 1959. u Londonu radi za Daily Mirror. Nakon toga odlazi u Brazil, a kasnije se vraća u Italiju. 1967. crta prvu priču u kojoj se pojavljuje njegov kasnije najpoznatiji lik, Corto Maltese, Baladu o slanome moru. Corto ubrzo postaje dominantan lik u Prattovim djelima.

Bibliografija
– As pik (Asso di Picche, L’As de pique, Ace of Spades, 1945-1949)
– Narednik Kirk (El Sargento Kirk, Sgt. Kirk, 1953-1959), written by Héctor Oesterheld
– Ticonderoga (1957-1958), written by Héctor Oesterheld
– Ernie Pike (1957-1959), written by Héctor OesterheldAsso di Picche
– Ana iz džugle (Anna y Dan, Anna nella giungla, “Ann of the Jungle”, Ann de la jungle, 1959)
– Capitan Cormorant (1962)
– Fort Wheeling (1962)
– Corto Maltese (1967-1992)

  • Balada o slanome moru (Una Ballata del Mare Salato, La Ballade de la mer salée (1967) – translated into English as Ballad of The Salt Sea (Harvill Press 1996))
  • Sous le signe du Capricorne (1970)
  • Corto toujours un peu plus loin – partly translated into English as The Banana Conga (1979-1971)
  • Les Celtiques – translated into English as The Celts, (Harvill Press 1996) and A Mid-Winter Morning’s Dream (1971-1972)
  • Les Ethiopiques (1972-1973)
  • Corte sconta detta Arcana – Corto Maltese en Sibérie (1974-1975)
  • Favola di Venezia – Sirat Al-Bunduqiyyah – Fable de Venise (19)
  • La casa dorata di Samarcanda – La Maison dorée de Samarkand (1980)
  • La Jeunesse de Corto (1981)
  • Tango…y todo a media luz – Tango (1985)
  • Elvetiche – Les Helvétiques (1987)
  • Mu (1988)

– Gli scorpioni del deserto – Les Scorpions du Desert, The Scorpions of the Desert (1969-92)

  • Les Scorpions du désert (Episode 1, 1969-73)
  • Piccolo chalet… (1975)
  • Vanghe Dancale (1980)
  • Dry Martini Parlor (1982)
  • Brise de mer (1992)

– Sven – L’homme des Caraïbes (1976)
– La macumba du Gringo (1977)
– À l’Ouest de l’Éden (1978)
– Jesuit Joe (1980)
– Tutto ricominciò con un’estate indiana (Indian Summer, 1983, with Milo Manara)
– Cato Zulu (1984-88)
– El Gaucho (1991), with Milo Manara
– Saint-Exupéry – le dernier vol (1994)
– Morgan (1995)

Nagrade
1969: Gran Guinigi per il disegnatore italiano (award for an Italian artist) at the Festival of Lucca, Italy, for Una ballata del mare salato[1]
1974: Prix Saint-Michel, for the best realistic story
1976: Angoulême Festival, Best foreign realistic comic book, for La ballade de la mer salée[2]
1981: Angoulême Festival, Elle award[3]
1987: Angoulême Festival, Best foreign comic book, for Indian Summer[4]
1988: Angoulême Festival, 15th anniversary special Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême[5]
1996: Max & Moritz Prizes, Germany, Best German language comic import, for Saint-Exupéry – le dernier vol
2005: Inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame

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