Chicken with Plums

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Chicken with Plums (Poulet aux prunes in the original French version) is a graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi. The original French language version was published in France in 2004, and the English version was translated and published in 2006. The book narrates the last eight days of the life of Nasser Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's, in November 1958 in Teheran. Nasser Ali, whose favorite meal had been his mother's recipe for chicken with plums, was a renowned musician who played the tar, but who, very depressed, chose to lie down and let himself die.

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