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Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
Franco-Belgian lifetime achievement award for comic artists / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême is a lifetime achievement award given annually during the Angoulême International Comics Festival to a comics author. Although not a monetary award, it is considered the most prestigious award in Franco-Belgian comics.
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It has been awarded mainly to French and Belgian authors, but also to international authors. Recipients are, on average, 50 years old. Four women, Florence Cestac, Rumiko Takahashi, Julie Doucet, and Posy Simmonds have been awarded the prize.[1][2][3][4]