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Jul' Maroh

b. 1985

French author of graphic novels

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Born 1985. Jul' Maroh is a French comics artist, activist, writer and illustrator.

Jul Maroh (; born Julie Maroh ) is a French writer and illustrator of graphic novels who wrote Blue Is the Warmest Color (, 'Blue is a Warm Colour'), a story about the life and love of two young lesbians that was adapted by Abdellatif Kechiche into the film Blue Is the Warmest Colour.

Biography Maroh originates from Northern France. After obtaining an applied arts baccalauréat at the (E.S.A.A.T.) in Roubaix, they continued studies in Brussels, where they lived for eight years. There, they received two diplomas: one in Visual Arts (comics option) at the École supérieure des arts Saint-Luc and the other in Lithography/Engraving at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.

Maroh is openly transgender 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 , Arsenal Pulp Press, 2013 - . The title was originally published by Glénat in 2010 and received a prize at 2011 Angoulême International Comics Festival. 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. You Brought Me The Ocean (2020) Hacker la peau, with Sabrina Calvo (2023)

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1985, Lens
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Awards
Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize Awarded by the Audience
Also known as
Jul Maroh, Julie Maroh

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Who is Jul' Maroh?

French author of graphic novels

When was Jul' Maroh born?

Jul' Maroh was born in 1985 in Lens.

What is Jul' Maroh's occupation?

Jul' Maroh is a comics artist, activist, writer and illustrator.

What nationality is Jul' Maroh?

Jul' Maroh is French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jul' Maroh

· Wikidata: Q13371954

· DBpedia: Jul Maroh

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