Jul Maroh

Jul Maroh (French: [maʁo]; born Julie Maroh^[1]) 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 Abdelatif Kechiche into the film Blue Is the Warmest Colour.^[2][3]

Jul Maroh
Born	1985 (age 39–40) Lens, France
Nationality	French
Area(s)	Writer, Artist
Notable works	Le Bleu est une couleur chaude (Blue Angel)
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Biography

Maroh originates from Northern France. After obtaining an applied arts baccalauréat at the École supérieure des arts appliqués et du textile [fr] (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.^[4]

Maroh is openly transgender and nonbinary.^[5] They started writing Blue is the Warmest Color when they were 19 and it took them five years to complete it.^{[citation needed]}

Works

• Blue Is the Warmest Color^[6] (Le bleu est une couleur chaude), Arsenal Pulp Press, 2013 - ISBN 978-1551525143. The title was originally published by Glénat in 2010 and received a prize at 2011 Angoulême International Comics Festival.^[7] 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.^[2]
• Skandalon (2013)
• Brahms (2015)
• Body Music (French: Corps sonores, 2017) ^[8]
• You Brought Me The Ocean (2020) ^[9]
• Hacker la peau, with Sabrina Calvo (2023)^[10]