Frédéric Boilet 1960 – 2026
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Biography
Frédéric Boilet (January 16, 1960 – November 10, 2026) was a French cartoonist and manga artist, a pioneer of auteur manga in France. Born in Épinal, he began in French comics with Le Rayon vert (1987) and 36 15 Alexia (1990) before moving to Japan in 1990, where he lived for many years and worked closely with Jiro Taniguchi, helping introduce Taniguchi’s work to European readers. His best-known books, including Tokyo est mon jardin, Love Hotel and Yukiko — published simultaneously in France and Japan in 2001 — drew on his life in Japan. His final work, L’apprenti Japonais, collected drawings from his twelve years there. Boilet died in Paris on November 10, 2026, at the age of 66.
