Hugo Pratt

Hugo Pratt
(June 15, 1927 – August 20, 1995)

Corto Maltese's creator, and author-artist of many noted adventures.

Key Works

• Asso di Picche (L'As de pique, Ace of Spades, 1945-1949)
• El Sargento Kirk (Sgt. Kirk, 1953-1959), written by Héctor Oesterheld
• Ticonderoga (1957-1958), written by Héctor Oesterheld
• Ernie Pike (1957-1959), written by Héctor Oesterheld
• Ann y Dan (Anna nella giungla, "Ann of the Jungle", Ann de la jungle, 1959)
• Capitan Cormorant (1962)
• Wheeling (1962)

• Corto Maltese (1967-1992)
  • Una Ballata del Mare Salato, La Ballade de la mer salée (1967) - translated into English as Ballad of The Salt Sea (Harvill Press 1996)
  • Sous le signe du Capricorne (1970)
  • Corto toujours un peu plus loin - partly translated into English as The Banana Conga (1979-1971)
  • Les Celtiques - translated into English as The Celts, (Harvill Press 1996) and A Mid-Winter Morning's Dream (1971-1972)
  • Les Ethiopiques (1972-1973)
  • Corte sconta detta Arcana, Corto Maltese en Sibérie (1974-1975)
  • Favola di Venezia - Sirat Al-Bunduqiyyah, Fable de Venise (black and white, 1977; colour, 1984)
  • La casa dorata di Samarcanda, La Maison dorée de Samarkand (1980)
  • La Jeunesse de Corto (1981)
  • Tango...y todo a media luz, Tango (1985)
  • Le helvetiche - Rosa alchemica, Les Helvétiques (1987)
  • Mu (1988)

• Gli scorpioni del deserto, Les Scorpions du Desert, The Scorpions of the Desert (1969-92)
  • Les Scorpions du désert (Episode 1, 1969-73)
  • Piccolo chalet... (1975)
  • Vanghe Dancale (1980)
  • Dry Martini Parlor (1982)
  • Brise de mer (1992)

• Sven - L'homme des Caraïbes (1976)
• La macumba du Gringo (1977)
• À l'Ouest de l'Éden (1978)
• Jesuit Joe (1980)
• Tutto ricominciò con un'estate indiana (Indian Summer, 1983, with Milo Manara)
• Cato Zulu (1984-88)
• El Gaucho (1991), with Milo Manara
• Saint-Exupéry - le dernier vol (1994)
• Morgan (1995)

External

• Hugo Pratt on Lambiek.Net