About
Stéphane Charbonnier, known as Charb, was a French satirical cartoonist and journalist born on August 21, 1967 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and assassinated on January 7, 2015 in Paris during the attack on Charlie Hebdo. He joined the satirical weekly in 1992 and became its director of publication and editor-in-chief in 2009. He is known for his column 'Charb n'aime pas les gens', his characters Maurice and Patapon, and his commitment to secularism and freedom of expression. He also contributed to L'Humanité, Télérama, Fluide Glacial, and Libération.
* 1967-08-21 — † 2015-01-07
Major works
- Maurice et Pataponcomic strip
- Lettre aux escrocs de l'islamophobie qui font le jeu des racistes (2015)essay
- Open Letter: On Blasphemy, Islamophobia, and the True Enemies of Free Expression (2016)essay
Key milestones
- 1992Joined the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
- 2009Became director of publication and editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo.
- 2015Assassinated during the attack on Charlie Hebdo on January 7.
Themes
political satirefreedom of expressionsecularismanti-capitalismcriticism of religions
Sources: larousse.fr · id.loc.gov