Plantu

Jean Plantureux ( born March 23, 1951 in Paris ) is one of the most famous political cartoonist of France. Under the stage name Plantu he has worked since 1972 for the daily newspaper Le Monde since 1991 for the weekly L' Express.

Life

After completing his schooling at the Lycée Henri IV, he studied for two years human medicine and transferred in 1971 to the École Saint- Luc in Brussels to take courses in drawing. On 1 October 1972 he was able to publish his first cartoon in the newspaper Le Monde. In 1974, Le Monde diplomatique, where he took up issues with the Third World in a critical manner.

Le Monde printed each business day from one of his cartoons about current political events in France. A flag is usually in the lower right corner of the sheet, an observational mouse. In 2000 he celebrated the 30th anniversary of its collaboration with Le Monde, which previously had drawn 15,000 cartoons.

Since the relocation of the Le Monde editorial in the south of Paris Plantu part of the Paris cityscape. His drawing of a dove with an olive branch in its beak, whose wings are pages of Le Monde, adorns the large facade of the building on the Boulevard Auguste Blanqui.

Beginning of September 2013 came Plantu international headlines because he was sued by the ultra-conservative Catholic organization against racism and for respect of the French and Christian Identity ( Agrif ) for "inciting hatred and religious discrimination ." Plantu had in March 2010 on its website under the heading " Pedophilia: The Pope takes a position " a caricature of the abuse scandals in the Catholic Church published, which was subsequently adopted and published by the daily newspaper Le Monde. The cartoon shows Pope Benedict XVI. , As he bends over a child. The date for the cartoon process is scheduled for 1 July 2014.

Awards

Works

  • Plantu, Klaus Stuttmann, Ioan Cozacu among others, Walther Fekl (ed.) pair of running / Pas de deux. The Franco-German relations in the political cartoon / Les relations franco- allemandes dans le dessin de presse. Switching time Verlag, Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-941362-28-4.
  • Andreas Bahr, Walther Fekl, Thomas Serrier (ed.): Weimar cubed - the Weimar Triangle: Germany, Poland and France in the political cartoon. The " Weimar neighbors " from the perspective of Klaus Stuttmann (D), Henryk Sawka (PL) and Plantu (F). Switching time Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-941362-19-2, in three languages ​​: German, Polish and French.
  • Plantu, Walther Fekl (ed.): Drôle de peuple - funny people! Dessins sur l' Allemagne - Political cartoons to Germany. Switching time Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-941362-11-6.
  • Plantu: Tête de Gondole. Seuil, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-02-103477-6.

Film

  • Plantu - Stuttmann: View change. 50 years German - French friendship / 25 years capitals partnership between Berlin and Paris ( arte, September 25, 2012, 57 min)
  • The lady with the rustic hairstyle. Video Blog, Germany, 2012, 5:17 min, Director: Michael Strempel, Production: ARD, Editors: tagesschau.de, online video. The exhibition at the Palais Beauharnais.
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