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Enki Bilal (born '''Enes Bilalović''' on October 7 , 1951 ) is a Bosnian - French Cartoonist and Film Director . Born in Belgrade , former Yugoslavia , by Bosnian father and Czech mother, he moved to Paris at the age of 9. He met René Goscinny at the age of 14, and at his encouragement tried turning his talent to Comic Book s. He worked on Goscinny's magazine '' Pilote '' in the 1970s , publishing his first story in 1972 : ''Le Bol Maudit''. He began working with script writer Pierre Christin in 1975 on a series of separate tales, with a surreal or dark nature. The Nikopol trilogy ( ''La Foire aux Immortels'', ''La Femme Piège'' and ''Froid Équateur'' ) took more than a decade to appear but is probably Bilal at his best, writing the script as well as doing all the artwork - the final chapter, ''Froid Équateur'', was even awarded the book of the year award by the very serious magazine '' Lire '' and is acknowledged by the inventor of Chess Boxing , Iepe Rubingh , as being the inspiration for this new sport. His latest publication has been ''32 Décembre'' (2003), the second book in another trilogy (the Hatzfeld), this time dealing with the breakup of former Yugoslavia but from the future. The first installment came in 1998 in the shape of ''Le Sommeil du Monstre'' opening with the main character, Nike, remembering the war in a series of traumatic flashbacks. The last chapter of the trilogy will be published in June 2006, it is titled ''Rendez-vous à Paris''. His cinematic career has recently been revived with the expensive '' Immortel (Ad Vitam) '' which is his first attempt to adapt his books to the screen. The film has split critics, some panning the use of CGI characters but others have seen it as a faithful reinterpretation of the books. BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES Légendes d'Aujourd'hui with scenario by Pierre Christin
Short Histories
With scenario by Jean-Pierre Dionnet
With scenario by Pierre Christin
Nikopol Trilogy
Hatzfeld Trilogy
Christian Desbois Publications
Dargaud Publications
Autrement Publications
Fayard Publications
Chez Hazard
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
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