Chicken with Plums

{{Short description|2004 graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi}}

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|title = Chicken with Plums

|foreigntitle = Poulet aux prunes

|image = Marjane Satrapi - Poulet aux prunes - French edition cover.jpg

|caption = French edition cover

|publisher = L'Association

|date = 2004

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|origpublication = France

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|origdate = October 2004

|origlanguage = French

|origisbn = 2-84414-159-5

|creator = Marjane Satrapi

|transpublisher = Pantheon Books

|transdate = 2006

|transisbn = 0375424156

|pages = 96

|translator = Anjali Singh

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Chicken with Plums (French: Poulet aux prunes) is a 2004 graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi.

Synopsis

Nasser Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's and a Tar player, has his cherished instrument broken after a quarrel. The book narrates the last eight days of his life as he lost the will to live, in November 1958 in Tehran.

Publication history

The original French-language version was published in France in 2004 and the English version was translated by Anjali Singh and published by Pantheon Books 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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8hqDwAAQBAJ&q=satrapi+prunes+%22Angoul%C3%AAme%22+2005&pg=PA79|title=Dislocation, Writing, and Identity in Australian and Persian Literature|last=Abbasi|first=Hasti|date=2018-08-25|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-96484-3|pages=79|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.toutenbd.com/actualites/article/angouleme-2005-poulet-aux-prunes|title=Angoulême 2005 : "Poulet aux prunes" meilleur album - TOUTENBD.COM|website=www.toutenbd.com|date=27 January 2005 |access-date=2020-01-21}}

Film adaptation

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Satrapi directed a film adaptation of the comic, which debuted at the La Pate theatre in France on October 26, 2011.

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