Jul Maroh (; born Julie Maroh[, ]) is a French writer and illustrator of graphic novels who wrote Blue Is the Warmest Color (Le bleu est une couleur chaude, 'Blue is a Warm Colour'), a story about the life and love of two young lesbians that was adapted by Abdellatif Kechiche into the film Blue Is the Warmest Colour.
Biography
Maroh originates from Northern France. After obtaining an
applied arts baccalauréat at the (E.S.A.A.T.) in
Roubaix, they continued studies in
Brussels, where they lived for eight years. There, they received two diplomas: one in Visual Arts (comics option) at the École supérieure des arts Saint-Luc and the other in
Lithography/
Engraving at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.
[ Page consacrée à Julie Maroh sur le site de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles]
Maroh is openly transgender and nonbinary.
Works
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Blue Is the Warmest Color
[ Bdangoulme.com ] It has been adapted in film by Abdelatif Kechiche with the title Blue Is the Warmest Colour (Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[
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Skandalon (2013)
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Brahms (2015)
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Body Music (, 2017)
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You Brought Me The Ocean (2020)
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Hacker la peau, with Sabrina Calvo (2023)
Further reading
External links
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Maroh at Arsenal Pulp Press
