The Gat Perich International Humor Prize, (Premi Internacional d'Humor Gat Perich) is an international award to cartoonists or humorists given in memory of Spanish cartoonist

Jaume Perich Jaume Perich Escala, better known as El Perich (Barcelona, November 5, 1941-Mataró, February 1, 1995), was a Catalan writer, cartoonist and humorist. He was also the translator of French series such as Asterix, Blueberry and Achille Talon, among ...

(1941–1995). It has been awarded since 1995. The prize consists in a silver figure of one of the famous cats drawn by Perich, holding a pencil. It has also been awarded at the Gat Perich Honours Awards series, recognising the career and work of veteran cartoonists and humorists who have become benchmarks for the contemporary generations.

Gat Perich Awards winners

* 1996 -

Plantu Jean Plantureux, collegially known as Plantu, is a French political cartoonist, journalist, caricaturist, and artist born in 1951 in Paris. Jean Plantureux, is a cartoonist specializing in political satire. His drawings regularly appeared in ...

( Jean Plantureux) * 1997 - El Roto ( Andrés Rábago) * 1998 -

Georges Wolinski Georges David Wolinski (; 28 June 19347 January 2015) was a French cartoonist and comics writer. He was killed on 7 January 2015 in the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting. Early life Georges David Wolinski was born on 28 June 1934 in Tunis, French T ...

* 1999 -

Miguel Gila Miguel Gila Cuesta (12 March 1919 – 13 July 2001) was a Spanish comedian and actor. He appeared in 27 films and television shows between 1954 and 1993, and became famous in Spain and Latin America with his comic monologues. He starred in ...

* 2000 - Forges (

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) * 2001 - Antonio Mingote * 2002 - Gallego & Rey (José Maria Gallego & Julio Rey) * 2003 - Miquel Ferreres * 2004 - Toni Batllori * 2005 -

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Josep Antoni Fernández Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph (Spanish ''José''). People named Josep include: * Josep Bargalló (born 1958), Catalan philologist and former politician * Josep Bartolí (1910-1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist and ...

) * 2006 -

Pepe Rubianes José Rubianes Alegret, better known as Pepe Rubianes (2 September 1947 – 1 March 2009) was a Galician actor and theater director, born in Galicia and brought up in Catalonia, specializing in mime, imitation and monologues. He was known for his ...

* 2007 - Kim (

Joaquim Aubert Joaquim is the Portuguese and Catalan version of Joachim and may refer to: * Agnes Joaquim (born Ashkhen Hovakimian, 1854–1899), Singaporean Armenian who bred Singapore's first hybridised orchid hybrid, Vanda 'Miss Joaquim' * Alberto Joaquim ...

) * 2008 -

Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis (comics), Persepolis'' and Persepo ...

Marjane Satrapi guanya el Gat Perich per revolucionar l'art del còmic
El Periódico, 2008 * 2009 - Kap (

Jaume Capdevila Jaume Capdevila, known by the pseudonym Kap (born 1974), is a Spanish a cartoonist and caricaturist. Biography Capdevila was born in 1974 in Berga, Barcelona, Spain. He works for journals of Barcelona: La Vanguardia, El Mundo Deportivo, and other ...

)Buenafuente i Kap, premis Gat Perich
Avui, 2009

Honorary Gat Perich Awards winners

* 1997 - Gin (

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) * 2002 - Cesc (

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) * 2003 -

Alfons Figueras Alfons Figueras i Fontanals (Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain, 15 October 1922 – 6 July 2009) was a Spanish cartoonist. He created characters such as ''Aspirino y Colodión'' or ''Topolino, el último héroe'' (Topolino, the last hero) ...

* 2007 -

Joaquim Muntañola Joaquim is the Portuguese and Catalan version of Joachim and may refer to: * Agnes Joaquim (born Ashkhen Hovakimian, 1854–1899), Singaporean Armenian who bred Singapore's first hybridised orchid hybrid, Vanda 'Miss Joaquim' * Alberto Joaquim ...

* 2008 -

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* 2009 -

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References

{{reflist Editorial cartooning awards Awards established in 1996