Thierry Groensteen
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Biography
Thierry Groensteen (French: [ɡʁɔnstɛn]; born April 18, 1957, Uccle, Brussels) is one of the leading French-speaking comics researchers and theorists, whose work has found repercussions beyond that field.
Career
In 1984, Groensteen became the editor-in-chief of the old fanzine Schtroumpf - Les Cahiers de la bande dessinée, transforming it into one of the first publications that would lead to serious academic criticism of comics in France and beyond, integrating it into discussions on art and culture. His work as the organizer of the famous Colloque de Cérisy, in 1987, titled "Bande dessinée, récit et modernité" ("Comics, narrative and modernity"), was also an important contribution.
As the director of Angoulême's Musée de la bande dessinée
, during the early 1990s, he worked on many projects such as exhibitions and their catalogues as well as on monographs on several authors, or themes and collections presented by the Angoulême Museum. He was also the director of the first run of its official magazine, 9ème Art.He was the founder and editor at Éditions de L'An 2, before this publishing house was integrated by Actes Sud. He is a lecturer at the École européenne supérieure des Arts et technologies de l'image. He is also a key member of Oubapo association.