Roland Berthiaume Explained

Roland Berthiaume
Birth Date:	12 December 1927
Birth Place:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Other Names:	Berthio
Occupation:	Caricaturist

Roland Berthiaume (12 December 1927 – 8 February 2021) was a Canadian caricaturist.^[1] He was also known under the pseudonym Berthio.

Biography

From the 1950s to the 1990s, Berthiaume created caricatures for the newspapers La Presse, Le Devoir, and Le Soleil. He also worked for the magazines L'actualité and Croc. In 1973, he won the Olivar-Asselin Award for his contributions to journalism.^[2] Today, his archives can be found at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec in Montreal.^[3]

Roland Berthiaume died on 8 February 2021 at the age of 93.^[4]

Publications

• Un monde fou : les 150 meilleures caricatures de Berthio (1961)
• Les cent dessins du Centenaire (1967)
• Pierre, Jean, René, Claude et les autres (1980)
• Faces à farces (1981)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Décès de l'ancien caricaturiste du Soleil Berthio. 9 February 2021. La Presse. French.
2. Web site: Liste des Lauréates et lauréats du prix Olivar-Asselin. Bilan du siècle. French.
3. Web site: Fonds Roland Berthiaume. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. French.
4. Web site: Death of the former cartoonist of Soleil Berthio. 10 February 2021. The Times Hub.