Riad Sattouf Parents Photos

Riad sattouf s two tomes the arab of the future i and ii were huge successes in france and undeniably the big hype at this year s graphic novel day at the literature festival following many bestselling comics like handbook for a virgin and strips in french media including in charlie hebdo the secret life of young people the cartoonist and filmmaker finally risked straight autobiography.

Riad sattouf parents photos. Je fais l histoire et le dessin. The arab of the future french. L arabe du futur is a graphic memoir by award winning french syrian cartoonist riad sattouf. Sattouf s story so far the series will eventually be five volumes going up to the present day is a tiny slice of family life in an authoritarian state first in libya then syria in the.

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. Part one of a popular series it became a bestseller around the world selling more than 2 million copies. This is a graphic memoir by riad sattouf a representative european cartoonist born to a syrian father and french mother. 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.

Riad s father abdul razak moved to libya while it was being ruled by qadhafi and became a university professor. For riad sattouf books are a staple product. Riadsattouf this january 2015 charlie hebdo cover featured above included cartoon muhammad holding a sign to support the free speech movement je suis charlie. 164 5k followers 1 038 following 340 posts see instagram photos and videos from riad sattouf riadsattouf.

The work recounts sattouf s childhood growing up in france libya and syria in the 1970s 80s and 90s.