What is Siné?
{{Infobox comics creator | name = Siné | image = Sine.JPG | alt = Siné in March 2007 | caption = Siné in March 2007 | birth_name = Maurice Sinet | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|12|31|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|05|05|1928|12|31|df=y}} | death_place = Paris, France | alias = Siné | area = [[cartoonist]] | cartoonist = y | notable works= ''Complainte sans Paroles''<br />''Siné Massacre'' | awards = ''[[Prix de l'Humour noir]]'', 1955 }} '''Maurice Sinet''' (31 December 1928 &ndash; 5 May 2016), known as '''Siné''', was a [[French people|French]] political [[cartoonist]]. His work was known for its [[anti-capitalism]], [[anti-clericalism]], [[anti-colonialism]], [[antisemitism]] and [[anarchism]]. He worked for ''[[L'Express]]'' and ''[[Charlie Hebdo]]''. Siné died from lung surgical complications after suffering from [[lung cancer]] at a hospital in [[Paris]] on 5 May 2016, aged 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20160505-charlie-hebdo-cartoonist-sine-dead-87|title=Former Charlie Hebdo cartoonist 'Siné' dead at 87|publisher=France24.com|access-date=6 May 2016|date=6 May 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline}} * [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sine.htm Siné biography] on [[Lambiek Comiclopedia]] * [http://rocbo.lautre.net/illus/sine/index.html Siné]{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} illustrations * [http://rcfilmes.com/cravos.htm Siné] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715160041/http://rcfilmes.com/cravos.htm |date=2011-07-15 }} at the [[Carnation Revolution]] ([[Portugal]], April 1974) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sine}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:French cartoonists]] [[Category:Artists from Paris]] {{bio-stub}}