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Serguei

1956 – 2026

Franco-Argentine editorial cartoonist, comics writer and musician

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Lived 1956 – 2026 (aged 69). Serguei was a French and Argentine writer, caricaturist and pianist.

Sergio Goizauskas (28 April 1956 – 8 January 2026), better known as Serguei, was an Argentine-born French editorial cartoonist.

Life and career Goizauskas was born in Buenos Aires on 28 April 1956, to an Argentine mother and a father of Lithuanian origin. At the age of 20, he left for Europe to flee the Argentine dictatorship. He moved to Paris in 1978, and began to publish his drawings in the French press. He collaborated with newspapers such as Marie-France and L'Écho des savanes, a comic book magazine, as well as L'Express and the New York Times.

In 2019, he generated controversy by drawing a denialist and openly racist caricature of the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda.

In 1985, he received the Council of Europe Prize. In 1986, the International Humor Fair in Bordighera, Italy, awarded him the Palme d'Or.

Goizauskas died on 8 January 2026, at the age of 69.

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Important facts

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Employers
Le Monde, Marie France, L'Écho des savanes, The New York Times

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Serguei's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Serguei?

Franco-Argentine editorial cartoonist, comics writer and musician

When was Serguei born?

Serguei was born on 28 April 1956 in Buenos Aires.

When did Serguei die?

Serguei died on 8 January 2026 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.

What was Serguei's occupation?

Serguei was a writer, caricaturist and pianist.

What nationality was Serguei?

Serguei was French and Argentine.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Serguei

· Wikidata: Q36695454

· DBpedia: Sergio Goizauskas

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MLA: "Serguei." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/serguei/.

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