Jorge Zentner (born February 27, 1953) is an Argentine

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and the creator of the Dieter Lumpen character.

Biography

Zentner was born at Basavilbaso, Entre Ríos, Argentina, into a

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family. After studying journalism and psychology, he worked as a reporter in Argentina. In 1977 he was forced to flee Argentina, and lived in Israel, Spain and France. He began his career as a comic writer in 1979; in 1981 he started a long collaboration with Spanish artist Ruben Pellejero, with whom he realized most of his work. Comics produced by them include: ''Le Poignard d'Istambul'' (1986), ''Ennemis Communs'' (1988), ''Caraïbes'' (1990) and ''Le Prix de Charon'' (1994). ''Le Silence de Malka'' (1996) won the

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in 1997. In 2000 he published the series ''Replay'', in collaboration with artist David Sala. In 2003, together with

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, he created ''Le Bruit du Givre''.

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