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Hugo Pratt

Born

in Rimini, Italy

June 15, 1927

Died

August 20, 1995

Website

http://www.cortomaltese.com/

Genre

Graphic Novels, Comics

Influences

Robert Louis Stevenson, James Oliver Curwood, Zane Grey, Kenneth Rober ...more

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Hugo Pratt, born Ugo Eugenio Prat (1927–1995), was an Italian comic book writer and artist. Internationally known for Corto Maltese, a series of adventure comics first published in Italy and France between 1967 and 1991, Pratt is regarded as a pioneer of the literary graphic novel.

Born in Rimini, Italy, Pratt spent his childhood in Venice in a cosmopolitan family environment. In 1937, ten-years old Hugo moved with his parents to Ethiopia, East Africa, following the Italian occupation of the country. Pratt's father eventually died as a prisoner of war in 1942. Hugo himself and his mother spent some time in a British prison camp in Africa, before being sent back to Venice. This childhood experiences shaped Pratt's fascination with military u ...more

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	La ballade de la mer salée (Corto Maltese #1) 4.22 avg rating — 4,151 ratings — published 1967 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I classici del fumetto di Repubblica n. 1: Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt, Patrizia Zanotti (Colori), Luca Raffaelli (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 2,128 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fable de Venise (Corto Maltese #7) 4.18 avg rating — 1,765 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En Sibérie (Corto Maltese #6) 4.29 avg rating — 1,640 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sous le signe du Capricorne (Corto Maltese #2) 4.19 avg rating — 1,347 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Celtiques (Corto Maltese #4) 4.31 avg rating — 1,245 ratings — published 1971 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La maison dorée de Samarkand (Corto Maltese #8) 4.34 avg rating — 1,071 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Ethiopiques (Corto Maltese #5) 4.27 avg rating — 1,022 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La jeunesse (Corto Maltese #9) by Hugo Pratt, Juan Antonio de Blas (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 1,095 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tango (Corto Maltese #10) 4.11 avg rating — 976 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Indian Summer (3 books)
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Hugo Pratt,

Milo Manara (Illustrator)

3.69 avg rating — 900 ratings

The Scorpions of the Desert (7 books)
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Hugo Pratt

4.19 avg rating — 549 ratings

Conversaciones Hugo Pratt- Dominique Petitfaux (2 books)
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Hugo Pratt,

Dominique Petitfaux,

Gabriel García Santos (Translator)

4.53 avg rating — 156 ratings

Fort Wheeling (2 books)
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Hugo Pratt,

Jorge Magalhães (Translator)

3.92 avg rating — 119 ratings

Κόρτο Μαλτέζε - Το Χρυσό Σπίτι της Σαμαρκάνδης (3 books)
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Γαβριήλ Τομπαλίδης (Translator)

4.38 avg rating — 52 ratings

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“When we do not succeed to be ourselves, we finally realize that is was completely useless to exist...”
― Hugo Pratt

tags: being-yourself, existence

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“... women would be wonderful if we could fall into their arms instead of their hands.”
― Hugo Pratt, Sous le signe du Capricorne

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“Corto à lui même: Ce serait bon de vivre dans une fable.
Bouche Dorée à Corto: Oh oui!… Mais toi tu vis continuellement une fable et tu ne t'en aperçois plus. Lorsqu'un adulte entre dans le monde des fables, il ne peut plus en sortir. Le savais-tu?”
― Hugo Pratt, En Sibérie

tags: comics, corto-maltese, fairy-tales

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