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Riad sattouf s early artistic endeavours documented in the award winning first volume of the arab of the future now about to be published in the uk.
Riad sattouf goodreads. Riad sattouf is a best selling cartoonist and filmmaker who grew up in syria libya and algeria and now lives in paris. The arab of the future french. Jacky au royaume des filles. Riad sattouf is the son of a syrian man abdel razak sattouf and of a french woman clémentine.
Riad sattouf is a best selling cartoonist and filmmaker who grew up in syria and libya and now lives in paris. L arabe du futur is a graphic memoir by award winning french syrian cartoonist riad sattouf. Les beaux gosses césar du meilleur premier film. Riad sattouf est l auteur de nombreuses bandes dessinées parmi lesquelles retour au collège pascal brutal fauve d or 2010 ou la vie secrète des jeunes.
I watch the wall. I draw a comic page not immediately but after a long process. The author of four comics series in france and a former contributor to the satirical publication charlie hebdo sattouf is now a weekly columnist for l obs he also directed the films the french kissers and jacky in the women s kingdom. Riad sattouf s most popular book is the arab of the future.
He knew he wanted to be a cartoonist early on. Riad sattouf has 39 books on goodreads with 39741 ratings. It s in my mind. I stay in front of the tv.
Sattouf is best known for his award winning graphic memoir pentalogy l arabe du futur the arab of the future and for his award winning film les beaux gosses the french kissers he also worked for the satirical french weekly charlie hebdo for ten. I think about the book for months. The author of four comics series in france and a weekly column in the satirical publication charlie hebdo sattouf also directed the films the french kissers and jacky in the women s kingdom the arab of the future is his first work to appear in english. They met in paris when abdel was working on his thesis at la sorbonne.
For riad sattouf books are a staple product. Riad was born in 1978 and the arab of the future is a bd about the author s childhood in different places in the middle east. The first volume of l arabe du futur won the 2015 fauve d or prize for best graphic novel at the angoulême international comics festival.