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Posy Simmonds is the first Briton and the fourth woman to win the Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême, one of Europe’s highest prizes for graphic novels.

She has illustrated and run weekly comic strips for many of the most notable names in the UK news industry, including The Sun, The Times, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Magazine, and The Guardian.

She studied at the Sorbonne aged 17 and her graphic novel ‘Gemma Bovery’ is a satire of Gustave Flaubert’s ‘Madame Bovary’, except about an English expat in France.

Simmonds’ most recent graphic novel, 2018’s ‘Cassandra Darke’ is based on Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’.

Her devoted fanbase in France makes her an obvious choice for winner of the Angoulême International Comics Festival lifetime achievement award.

Simmonds is also just the fourth woman to win the Grand Prix in the 50 year history of the award.

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