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Argentine media today confirmed the death of trans-Andean cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón, known worldwide as “Cinchona”, creator of the popular character “Mafalda”.
According to the newspaper Clarín, the death was triggered by a stroke suffered days ago, which is why he was under medical observation.
Quino was a son of Andalusian immigrants who was born in Mendoza on July 17, 1932. Her nickname was adopted from the beginning, to later make her world famous thanks to her innovative children’s cartoons.
In 1963 he made his debut in the publishing world hand in hand with the book “Mundo Quino”, and a year later he presented Mafalda in society through the pages of the magazine Primera Plana.
The character’s impact was immediate: her progressive ideas made her a continental symbol of the 1960s and its cultural revolution. And not just her, but her fellow gang members as well: “Manolito”, “Susanita”, “Miguelito” and “Guille”, among others.
Mafalda’s stories and reflections gained wide popularity from 1964 to 1973, her golden age, leading her to circulate in bookstores around the world.
Do not yell at me (1974), Fine thanks and you? (1976), Pocket men (1977), Neither art nor part (1981), Quinoterapia (1985) and Powerful, overbearing and powerless (1989), among other publications, also appear as part of his vast bibliography, abundant in compilations of Mafalda and the work he cultivated in the seventies and eighties.
While alive, Quino received multiple tributes, such as the Official Order of the Legion of Honor of the French government, the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities, the Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit Pablo Neruda (awarded by Michelle Bachelet in 2015) and the Quevedos Ibero-American Prize for Graphic Humor.
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