Chicken with Plums | |
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Date | 2006 |
Page count | 96 pages |
Creative team | |
Creator | Marjane Satrapi |
Original publication | |
Published in | Poulet aux prunes |
Date of publication | 2004 |
Language | French |
ISBN | |
Translation | |
Publisher | Pantheon Books |
Date | 2006 |
ISBN |
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.
Pantheon Books published a hardcover volume in 2006 () followed by a softcover version in 2009 ().
Chicken with Plums won the Best Album Award (Prix du Meilleur Album) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2005.