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Farewell to Cinchona (Joaqun Salvador Lavado Tejn), Mafalda’s father he was 88 years old. All the good people in the country and in the world will mourn it, your editor tweeted, Daniel Divinsky. Son of Spanish emigrants, Joaquín Salvador Lavado, this is the real name of the designer, he was born in Mendoza on July 17, 1932.
The comic
The strip dedicated to Mafalda, her family and her group of friends, released from 1964 to 1973, in Latin America and Europe: it was published for the first time in the Argentine magazine Front page. The books, translated into more than thirty languages, have sold millions of copies. In 2014 Quino was awarded the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities for the enormous educational value and universal dimension of his work and for the characters that transcend all geography, age and social status.
Quino died. All the good people in the country and in the world, mourn him.
– Daniel Divinsky (@ DanielDivi1) September 30, 2020
The transfer to Mendoza
Cinchona died in Mendoza, the city where he retired in 2017, after leaving Buenos Aires after the death of his wife. The cartoonist had suffered from health problems for years but had continued to follow exhibitions and tributes dedicated to his work. According to local press reports, he had suffered a stroke in recent days, which led to a worsening of his health.
September 30, 2020 (change September 30, 2020 | 18:13)
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