Riad Sattouf Ses Parents

The arab of the future french.

Riad sattouf ses parents. Riad sattouf is a best selling cartoonist and filmmaker who grew up in syria libya and algeria and now lives in paris. Born 5 may 1978 is a french cartoonist comic artist and film director of franco syrian origin. Toi t es un dessinateur point. I didn t want to be the guy of arab origin who makes comics about arab people.

Riad sattouf est un auteur de bande dessinée et réalisateur français né le 5 mai 1978 à paris. Dans un quatrième tome l auteur lève le voile sur le vrai visage de son père qu il admirait. 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. The son of a syrian father and a french mother riad travels with his parents from rural france to muammar gaddafi s libya and hafez al more.

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. Riad sattouf s parents met in the early 1970s in a cafeteria at the sorbonne. The work recounts sattouf s childhood growing up in france libya and syria in the 1970s 80s and 90s. The arab of the future.

Sattouf s parents met at the sorbonne in paris when they were students. Clémentine from brittany and abdel razak on scholarship from a village in syria. L arabe du futur is a graphic memoir by award winning french syrian cartoonist riad sattouf. Sattouf s parents divorced in 1990 and he and his mother returned to france for which reason it seems likely that in future volumes clémentine will move centre stage for a time until she.

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 sattouf nous raconte dans l arabe du futur son enfance à cheval entre la france et le monde arabe. They were both students. 4 03 9575 ratings 930 reviews published 2014 31 editions.