Zeina Abirached

Zeina Abirached (born in 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon)[1] is a Lebanese illustrator and comic artist. She studied at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts ALBA and the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. Her books are based on autobiographic narratives related to her childhood within the Lebanese Civil War.

Work

Zeina Abirached was born and raised in a war-torn Beirut. In 2002, she produced a little comic book composed of black and white drawings within the Atelier de Recherche ALBA.[2] Her training as a commercial designer brought a decorative approach and inventive graphic solutions to her black-and-white comics.[3] She later moved to Paris and continued producing comics based on individual and collective memory and on archival documents.[4] She finds her inspiration in old photographs and TV footage, and in the work of comic authors such as David B and Jacques Tardi.[5] Her memoir Mourir, partir, revenir - Le Jeu des hirondelles was the first graphic novel to be awarded the FACE French Voices Grant for publication of a contemporary French-language work in English, given by the PEN American Center and the French Embassy. It was published by the Graphic Universe division of Lerner Publishing Group in 2012 under the title A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return.

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Rolin, Gaëlle (25 January 2008). "Zeina Abirached, l’hirondelle de Beyrouth". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Beyrouth. Capitale du Monde du livre, 2009". Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Paul Gravett (January 15, 2012). "Zeina Abirached: A Game for Swallows". Art Review. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Julien Bisson (November 1, 2007). "Dossier Zeina Abirached". L’Express. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Toon Horsten (December 11, 2008). "From Our Continental Correspondent – Child in a time of war: Zeina Abirached about the joys and sorrows of Lebanon". Forbidden Planet. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

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