Chicken with Plums

For the 2011 film, see Chicken with Plums (film).

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

Chicken with Plums (Poulet aux prunes)
French edition cover
Date	2004
Page count	96 pages
Publisher	L'Association
Creative team
Creator	Marjane Satrapi
Original publication
Published in	France
Date of publication	October 2004
Language	French
ISBN	2-84414-159-5
Translation
Publisher	Pantheon Books
Date	2006
ISBN	0375424156
Translator	Anjali Singh

Synopsis

Nasser Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's and a Tar player, has his cherished instrument broken after a heated argument with his wife. 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.^[1][2]

Film adaptation

Main article: Chicken with Plums (film)

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