Jul' Maroh
Jul Maroh (lang; born Julie Maroh) is a French writer and illustrator of graphic novels who wrote Blue Is the Warmest Color (Le bleu est une couleur chaude, '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.
Also recorded as Jul Maroh · Julie Maroh
Jul' Maroh
- Born
- 1985
- Birthplace
- Lens, France
- Nationality
- French
- Occupation
- comics artist, activist, writer and illustrator.
- Known for
- Blue Is the Warmest Color.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Born — 1985 • Birthplace — Lens, France • Nationality — French • Write — y • Art — y • Notable Works — Blue Is the Warmest Color • Nonus — yes
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Jul' Maroh appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a comics artist and illustrator (born 1985). Jul' Maroh was born in 1985 in Lens.
Biography
Biography
Maroh originates from Northern France. After obtaining an applied arts baccalauréat at the École supérieure des arts appliqués et du textile (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
Works
• Blue Is the Warmest Color (Le bleu est une couleur chaude), 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. • Skandalon (2013) • Brahms (2015) • Body Music (Corps sonores, 2017) • You Brought Me The Ocean (2020) • Hacker la peau, with Sabrina Calvo (2023)
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- 1.Certaines sources écrivent parfois sans espace (« Jul'Maroh ») ou sans apostrophe (« Jul Maroh »).
- 2.Caroline de Bodinat, « Julie Maroh. Bleu et bosses », publié le 7 juin 2013 sur le site du quotidien Libération.
- 3.Maroh Julie. bandedessinee.cfwb.be.
- 4.Invitée 2009 #87 : Djou. festival-blogs-bd.com. 18 septembre 2009.
- 5.Djou. Djou's blog. 28/02/2010.
- 6.D. Wesel. Le bleu est une couleur chaude. BD Gest'. 26/05/2013.
- 7.Du "Bleu est une couleur chaude" à "Voleuse", comment les lesbiennes se sont imposées en BD. BFMTV. 2022-05-21.
- 8.Camille Regache. Bande dessinée : les lesbiennes sortent de leurs bulles. La Déferlante. 14. 88. mai 2024. payant.
- 9.Actualité : résultats des concours professionnels - FIBDA 2011, Festival International de la Bande Dessinée Algérie. web.archive.org. 2012-02-02.
- 10.Jul' Maroh. BnF - Site institutionnel.
- 11.Darling of Cannes Now at Center of Storm. The New York Times. 2013-06-05. 0362-4331 lire en.
- 12.N. V. E. Julie Maroh : La Vie d'Adèle, « une vision hétéro ». leparisien.fr. 2013-10-03.
- 13.Vivre Fluide: Quand les femmes s'émancipent de l'hétérosexualité. Du Faubourg. 2022-09-08. 978-2-493594-04-4.
- 14.Stéphane Gobbo. Des dessinatrices unies. Le Temps (quotidien suisse) Le Temps. 12 septembre 2015 lire en.
- 15.Chloé Belleret. Messieurs, il faut qu'on vous fasse un dessin ?. Le Parisien Magazine. 26 janvier 2018 .
- 16.Festival de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême - Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. culturecommunication.gouv.fr. 28.1.2016.
- 17.Pourquoi des artistes refusent des décorations républicaines. France Culture. 2019-05-25.
- 18.Press Release. DC 1st Look: You brought me to the ocean LGBTQ+ Young Adult Graphic Novel Starring Aqualad. newsrama. 23/10/2019.
- 19.‘You Brought Me The Ocean’ TV Series, Based On DC Comic, In Works At HBO Max From Charlize Theron. Deadline. 2022-04-08.
- 20.Florian Ques. La BD de Jul' Maroh sur un super-héros gay adaptée par HBO. Têtu (magazine). 2022-04-12.
- 21.Masterclasse de Jul' Maroh animée par Antoine Guillot, en direct sur la chaîne Youtube de la BnF. France Culture.
- 22.Martine Bass. Queer résistance. Le Courrier. 2023-10-12.
- 23.Quand la bande dessinée se fait de moins en moins binaire. Focus Vif. 2023-12-11.
- 24.Jérôme Lachasse. "Un tabou s'est levé": comment les artistes trans émergent en BD. BFMTV. 16.9.2023.
- 25.Frédéric Potet. Jul Maroh, la bande dessinée à fleur de peau. Le Monde.fr. 2023-10-06. 2024-01-21. payant.
- 26.Sabrina Calvo : « Pollinisons l’amour auprès des jeunes ». Le Soir. 2023-12-21.
- 27.Julie Maroh : "Sacraliser encore une fois la femme d'une telle manière, je trouve cela dangereux". Slate.fr. 2012-05-28.
- 28.Journée internationale de la visibilité trans. goodreads.com. 31.3.2020.
- 29.Thelma Susbielle. Transphobie sur Wikipédia, les auteurices de BD s’indignent. ActuaBD. 21.6.2022.
- 30.Valérie Lessard. L'amour aux couleurs de Julie Maroh. La Presse. 2017-05-08.
- 31.Jazz Culture : le Bleu est une couleur chaude. Radio France. 2013-10-09.
- 32.27e édition de BD Boum à Blois: le grand prix à Jean-Pierre Gibrat. AFP Infos Françaises. 20 novembre 2010 .
- 33.Aurélia Vertaldi. Moi, Clémentine, 15 ans, je vis pour les yeux d'Emma. Le Figaro. 21 janvier 2011.
- 34.Benjamin Roure. Angoulême 2011 : le palmarès officiel. BoDoï. 30 janvier 2011.
- 35.Palmarès 2011 Prix BD des lycéens de la Guadeloupe - lgt baimbridge. archive.wikiwix.com.
- 36.Maroh Julie. bandedessinee.cfwb.be.
- 37.Lauren Muyumba. Cannes : la palme d'or revient à l'adaptation de la BD de Julie Maroh. actualitte.com.
- 38.« Chevalier de quoi ? » sur juliemaroh.com, février 2016 (archive sur Internet Archive).
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