André Pijet

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Andre Pijet

Andre Pijet is a Polish-Canadian editorial cartoonist. [1] He is known to have created the series of cartoons related to the 1992-93 hockey playoffs for Montreal daily newspaper La Presse . [2]

Biography

Andre Pijet was born in 1954 in Poland. In 1988, he moved to Quebec, where he studied art at Concordia University in Montreal. [1] [3] As of 2020, is a teacher at the Université de Montréal.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Advitam - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec". advitam.banq.qc.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  2. Moreau, Nicolas; Laurin-Lamothe, Audrey (2015-01-01). The Montreal Canadiens: Rethinking a Legend. University of Toronto Press. p. 107. ISBN   978-1-4426-2633-1.
  3. "Biography | Andre Pijet". www.pijet.com. Retrieved 2023-12-28.