Julie Maroh

Julie Maroh (French: [maʁo]; born 1985) is a French writer and illustrator of graphic novels, who originates from Northern France. They wrote Blue Is the Warmest Color (Le bleu est une couleur chaude) about the life and love of two young lesbians, which has been adapted in the award winning film Blue Is the Warmest Colour by Abdelatif Kechiche.[1][2]

Julie Maroh
Born1985 (age 34–35)
Lens, France
NationalityFrench
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
Le Bleu est une couleur chaude (Blue Angel)
http://www.juliemaroh.com

Biography

After having obtained an applied arts baccalauréat at E.S.A.A.T in Roubaix, Maroh continued their studies in Brussels, where they lived for eight years. They got two diplomas there, in Visual Arts (comics option) in the Institut Saint-Luc and in Lithography/Engraving at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.[3]

They are openly Lesbian and Nonbinary. They started writing Blue is the Warmest Color when they were 19 and it took them five years to complete it.

Works
  • Blue Is the Warmest Color[4] (Le bleu est une couleur chaude), Arsenal Pulp Press, 2013 - ISBN 978-1551525143. The title was originally published by Glénat in 2010 and received a prize at 2011 Angoulême International Comics Festival.[5] It has been adapted in film by Abdelatif Kechiche with the title Blue Is the Warmest Colour (Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
  • Skandalon (2013)
  • Brahms (2015)
  • Body Music (2017) "bittersweet graphic novel on the complexities of love"[6]
  • You Brought Me The Ocean (2020) [7]
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References
  1. The New York Times
  2. The New York Times
  3. Page consacrée à Julie Maroh sur le site de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
  4. "Arsenal Pulp Press". Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
  5. Bdangoulme.com Archived 2012-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/livres/bande-dessinee/corps-sonores-le-nouvel-hymne-a-l-amour-de-julie-maroh-252513
  7. https://www.polygon.com/comics/2020/5/8/21251916/dc-comics-aqualad-gay-graphic-novel-julie-maroh-alex-sanchez-you-brought-me-the-ocean
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