Jul Maroh Explained

Birth Place:	Lens, France
Nationality:	French
Write:	y
Art:	y
Notable Works:	Le Bleu est une couleur chaude (Blue Angel)
Website:	Official website
Nonus:	yes

Jul Maroh (in French maʁo/; born Julie Maroh^[1]) 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 Abdelatif Kechiche into the film Blue Is the Warmest Colour.^{[2] [3]}

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. They got two diplomas there, in Visual Arts (comics option) in the École supérieure des arts Saint-Luc and in Lithography/Engraving at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.^[4]

Maroh is openly transgender and nonbinary.^[5] 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^[6] (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.^[7] 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.^[2]
• Skandalon (2013)
• Brahms (2015)
• Body Music (French: Corps sonores, 2017) ^[8]
• You Brought Me The Ocean (2020) ^[9]
• Hacker la peau, with Sabrina Calvo (2023)^[10]

Further reading

• Web site: Sasson. Eric. The Cartoonist Behind Lesbian Love Story 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' . The Wall Street Journal. 2013-09-18.

External links

• • Maroh at Arsenal Pulp Press
• Book: Blue Is the Warmest Color . Arsenal Pulp Press . 2013-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130701090121/http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=385 . 2013-07-01 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blue Is the Warmest Color. Arsenal Pulp Press. 2013-07-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701090121/http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=385 . 2022-01-24. 2013-07-01 ., Web site: Beuve-Méry. Alain . "Le bleu est une couleur chaude", de Julie Maroh : l'ange bleue. Le Monde. 2010-07-15. fr. 2022-01-24.
2. News: For a While, Her Life Is Yours . Scott . A.O. . October 24, 2013 . The New York Times.
3. News: Elaine . Sciolino . June 5, 2013. Darling of Cannes Now at Center of Storm . The New York Times .
4. http://www.bandedessinee.cfwb.be/index.php?id=10341 Page consacrée à Julie Maroh sur le site de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
5. Web site: M. Julie. Journée internationale de la visibilité trans Cœurs-forêts. 2020-12-14. fr-FR. 2020-04-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20200423042042/http://www.juliemaroh.com/2020/03/31/journee-internationale-de-la-visibilite-trans/. dead.
6. Web site: Arsenal Pulp Press . 2013-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130701090121/http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=385 . 2013-07-01 . dead .
7. http://www.bdangouleme.com/palmares-officiel Bdangoulme.com
8. News: 'Corps sonores': le nouvel hymne à l'amour de Julie Maroh . France Télévisions . 14 February 2017.
9. News: Aquaman's sidekick gets a coming-out story from the creator of Blue Is the Warmest Color . Susana . Polo . May 8, 2020 . Polygon.
10. Web site: 2023-12-21 . Sabrina Calvo : « Pollinisons l’amour auprès des jeunes » . 2024-04-04 . Le Soir . fr.