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 38–39) Lens, France
Nationality	French
Area(s)	Writer, Artist
Notable works	Le Bleu est une couleur chaude (Blue Angel)
Official website

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]

References

1. "Blue Is the Warmest Color". Arsenal Pulp Press. 2013-07-01. Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2022-01-24., Beuve-Méry, Alain (2010-07-15). ""Le bleu est une couleur chaude", de Julie Maroh : l'ange bleue". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-24.
2. Scott, A.O. (October 24, 2013). "For a While, Her Life Is Yours". The New York Times.
3. Sciolino, Elaine (June 5, 2013). "Darling of Cannes Now at Center of Storm". The New York Times.
4. Page consacrée à Julie Maroh sur le site de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
5. M, Julie. "Journée internationale de la visibilité trans | Cœurs-forêts" (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
6. "Arsenal Pulp Press". Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
7. Bdangoulme.com Archived 2012-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
8. "'Corps sonores': le nouvel hymne à l'amour de Julie Maroh". France Télévisions. 14 February 2017.
9. Polo, Susana (May 8, 2020). "Aquaman's sidekick gets a coming-out story from the creator of Blue Is the Warmest Color". Polygon.
10. "Sabrina Calvo : « Pollinisons l'amour auprès des jeunes »". Le Soir (in French). 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

Further reading

• Sasson, Eric (2013-09-18). "The Cartoonist Behind Lesbian Love Story 'Blue Is the Warmest Color'". The Wall Street Journal.

External links

• France portal
• Biography portal
• Comics portal

• Angoulême 2011 - Interview de Julie Maroh, gagnante du Prix du public Fnac-Sncf on YouTube(in French)
• Maroh at Arsenal Pulp Press
• Blue Is the Warmest Color. Arsenal Pulp Press. Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-06-24.