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Chicken with Plums

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Chicken with Plums
Date2006
Page count96 pages
Creative team
CreatorMarjane Satrapi
Original publication
Published inPoulet aux prunes
Date of publication2004
LanguageFrench
ISBN2-84414-159-5
Translation
PublisherPantheon Books
Date2006
ISBN0375424156

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 by Pantheon Books 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 Tehran.

In October 26, 2011 in La Pate theatre in France, a film based on the comic was released.

Publication history

Pantheon Books published a hardcover volume in 2006 (ISBN 0375424156) followed by a softcover version in 2009 (ISBN 0375714758).

Awards

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