Chicken with Plums

2004 graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi

For the 2011 film, see Chicken with Plums (film).

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Chicken with Plums
(Poulet aux prunes)

French edition cover

Date| 2004
Page count| 96 pages
Publisher| L'Association
Creative team
Creator| Marjane Satrapi
Original publication
Published in| France
Date of publication| October 2004
Language| French
ISBN| 2-84414-159-5
Translation
Publisher| Pantheon Books
Date| 2006
ISBN| 0375424156
Translator| Anjali Singh

Chicken with Plums (French: Poulet aux prunes) is a 2004 graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi.

## Synopsis[edit]

Nasser Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's and a Tar player, has his cherished instrument broken after a quarrel. The book narrates the last eight days of his life as he lost the will to live, in November 1958 in Tehran.

## Publication history[edit]

The original French-language version was published in France in 2004 and the English version was translated by Anjali Singh and published by Pantheon Books in 2006 (ISBN 0375424156), followed by a softcover version in 2009 (ISBN 0375714758).

## Awards[edit]

Chicken with Plums won the Best Album Award (Prix du Meilleur Album) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2005.[1][2]

## Film adaptation[edit]

Main article: Chicken with Plums (film)

Satrapi directed a film with the same name based on the comic, which debuted at the La Pate theatre in France on October 26, 2011.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Abbasi, Hasti (2018-08-25). Dislocation, Writing, and Identity in Australian and Persian Literature. Springer. p. 79\. ISBN 978-3-319-96484-3.
2. ^ "Angoulême 2005 : "Poulet aux prunes" meilleur album - TOUTENBD.COM". www.toutenbd.com. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 2020-01-21.

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Marjane Satrapi

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* Persepolis (2000–2003)
* Embroideries (2003)
* Chicken with Plums (2004)
* The Sigh (2004)

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* Persepolis (2007)
* Chicken with Plums (2011)
* Gang of the Jotas (2012)
* The Voices (2014)
* Radioactive (2019)

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