Carlos Loiseau
Carlos Loiseau ("Caloi") | |
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Born | November 9, 1948 |
Died | May 8, 2012 | (aged 63)
Other names | "Caloi" |
Years active | 1966–2012 |
Spouse | María Verónica Ramírez |
Website | www.caloi.com.ar |
Carlos Loiseau (November 9, 1948 – May 8, 2012) was a prolific
Life and work
Loiseau was born in
Loiseau's first marriage, at age 19, ended after two years.
His most enduring association, however, would be with the nation's leading news daily,
The most memorable of these was a storyline around the
Caloi would find himself at odds with figures from the same dictatorship even after the return of democracy. An episode of his popular
Caloi remarried, and he and María Verónica Ramírez had five children.
His other credits include scripts for the theater and advertisers; as a co-writer for Dolina's 1988 television series La barra de Dolina; as a jurist for numerous cinema and animation awards; and the lion emblem for Club Atlético River Plate. His works were featured exhibits at among other venues the Recoleta Cultural Center in 1987 and 1999; in Adrogué in 2000; at the Palais de Glace in 2004; and in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, in 2009.[2] He shared the latter exhibit with his son Juan Martín ("Tute"), after whom Clemente's own son Jacinto was patterned, and who became a noted illustrator in his own right.[4]
Caloi also produced a traveling festival of animated film from 1999 to 2001 whose features were projected onto moveable, inflatable screens mounted in parks across the country.[10] He had 40 books published between 1968 and 2008, of which 17 were Clemente compilations.[2] He earned the Konex Award for his work as a graphic humorist in 1982 and 1992,[11] as well as the Yomiuri Prize (Tokyo, 1984), and at the International Festival of the Humor of Bordighera (1994) among others. He was named an Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires in 2009.[2]
The noted illustrator continued to work despite declining health in later years, and on May 3, 2012, his sole full-length animated film, Ánima Buenos Aires, premiered.[12] Caloi died five days later in a Buenos Aires clinic; he was 63.[10]
References
- ^ a b "Muestras de dolor, admiración y respeto ante la muerte de Caloi". El Ciudadano del GBA. Archived from the original on 2012-12-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Carlos Loiseau (Caloi)". caloi.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11.
- ^ a b "La historieta está de luto: murió Caloi, el padre de Clemente". Clarín.
- ^ a b "Clemente: la mascota de la Argentina". Clarín.
- ^ "Murió el dibujante argentino Caloi". InfoBae. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10.
- ^ "Cuando ganó la guerra de los papelitos en el Mundial ´78". Clarín. 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Prohibido por Orejón". La Semana. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27.
- ^ "¡Burumbumbum, burumbumbum, yo soy el hincha de Camerún!". TN Noticias.
- ^ a b "Entrevista a Caloi". El Confesionario. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22.
- ^ a b "Caloi: ¿Quién nos dibuja la sonrisa?". Los Andes. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
- ^ "Carlos Loiseau (Caloi)". Fundación Konex. Archived from the original on 2013-11-15. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
- ^ "Ánima Buenos Aires (2011)". Cine Nacional.