About Hélène Becquelin
Artist
Suisse
Adaptation, Author’s Graphic Novel, Humour
Teen, Adult
Hélène Becquelin is a Swiss comic book author who studied at the Lausanne School of Fine Arts. She is the recipient of the 2025 Literary Prize from the Vaud Cultural Foundation, and her work is rooted in autobiography, as seen in her graphic novels published by Antipodes. She has also adapted Elisa Shua Dusapin’s play Le colibri into a comic book, published by La Joie de lire.
Books
Huitante | Antipodes, 2025
Le colibri | La Joie de Lire, 2022
Awards
Bourse ArtPro pour l’encouragement des activités culturelles en Valais, 2021
Prix BDZoom de la ville de Genève, 2022
Prix suisse du livre jeunesse, 2023
Prix culturel littérature de la Fondation vaudoise pour la culture, 2025
MCAF 2026
Guest at MCAF
2026
