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Costel Patrascan

He was born on May 21, 1966 in Galati, Romania. He is a sociologist and president of the "Pro-European Attitudes" Association. He was also cartoon editor for "Adevarul" (1994-1998), cartoon editor for “Evenimentul Zilei” (1998 - 2000), cartoon editor of the magazine “Plai cu Boi” (since 2000), editor-in-chief of humor and crossword magazine “Teapa”, cartoon editor of "Aspirina Saracului" (since 2003), cartoon editor for "Saptamana Financiara" (since 2005), cartoon editor for "24 de Ore" (since 2005), cartoon editor of Cotidianul (since 2009), cartoon editor for “DCNews” (since 2011) and cartoon editor of the “Academia Catavencu” (since 2011). Awards and honours He has won 66 national awards (1993 – 2011) and 41 international awards. • Yomiuri Excellence Award, Tokyo – Japan - 1994 • Cvorak Grand Prix – Croatia - 1996 • First place in Hummour, Bucuresti – Romania - 1998 • Prize winner, Taipei – Taiwan - 1999 • Special Award, Skopje – Macedonia - 1999 • Special Prize, Rhône - Poulenic – France - 1999 • Special award, Lemgo – Germany - 2000 • Special Award, Ploiesti – Romania - 2001 • Importance Award, Taipei – Taiwan - 2001 • Special Prize, Slavonsky Brod – Croatia - 2002 • Special Award, Nanjing – China - 2002 • Special Award, Tehran – Iran - 2003 • Second place, Ottawa – Canada - 2003 • Special Award, Leng Mu -China - 2003 • Second place, Famagusta-Ciprus - 2003 • Special Award, Shanghai -China - 2004 • Selected award, Seoul – Korea - 2004 • First place, Calarasi – Romania - 2004 • Gold Award, Leng Mu – China - 2005 • Special Award, Targu Mures- Romania - 2005 • Selected Web Award - China - 2005 • Special Prize Ploiesti- Romania - 2005 • Special Mention, Zagreb- Croatia - 2006 • Selected Award, China - 2006 • Special award, Calarasi- Romania - 2006 • Mention, Daejeon- Korea - 2006 • Third place Urziceni- Romania - 2006 • Leng Mu Honor Nomination - China - 2007 • Special Award, Urziceni- Romania - 2007 • Honorable mention, Daejon- Korea - 2007 • Excellence Award, Deva- Romania - 2007 • Honorable mention, Daejon- Korea - 2008 • Excellence Award, -China - 2008 • Collage Award, Calarasi- Romania - 2008 • Diploma of honor, Belgrade- Serbia - 2008 • 3rd prize, Beijing-China - 2009 • Mention, Tabriz-Iran - 2009 • Selected Award, Beijing-China - 2010 He has held national exhibitions in Braila, Craiova, Voineasa, Ploiesti, Costinesti, Resita, Bucuresti, Buzau, Vaslui, Jibou, Targu Mures, Busteni and Fetesti, as well as international exhibitions and several participations in International Exhibitions in different countries such as Belgium, France , Croatia, Turkey, Poland, Japan, Italy, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Yugoslavia, Spain, Macedonia, Brazil, Chisinau, Moldova, China, Canada, Russia, Colombia, Syria, Korea, Cyprus, Slovakia, Poland and Serbia.