Chloé Wary (suburbs of

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, 1995) is a French ''

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'' author. In 2020, she was the recipient of the

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Early life and education

Chloé Wary was born in 1995, and grew up in

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. She studied

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at the Lycée technologique d'Arts appliqués Auguste Renoir, in Paris.Andréanne Chevalier, "Roman graphique : Conduite interdite", '' Métro'', 31 May 2017. She developed a graduation project on

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, including the right to drive a vehicle, which was published by Steinkis Groupe in 2017 under the title (Prohibited Conduct)."Les Saoudiennes inspirent la dessinatrice", ''

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'', 3 November 2017. Wary declared having had the idea for this work by reading a book of testimonies, (Revolution under the veil), by .Chloé Wary (int.) and Pascale Pineau-Deciron, "Se confronter à la réalité", ''Le Courrier de l'Ouest'', 18 June 2018. In 2018, Wary was an

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there;Pierre-Louis Käppeli, "Mettre un personnage féminin un peu rebelle dans l'univers du foot permettait de bousculer tous les stéréotypes", Caviar Magazine, November 2020, pp. 42=43 she herself became a gamer to better immerse herself in the subject. The work narrates the struggle of a female team for its survival.Stéphane Dreyfus, "Des crampons et des épines", '' La Croix'', 6 June 2019. At the 2020

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, the album won the Audience award. Following an order from to the Steinkis publishing house, Wary illustrated a leaflet on the composer

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(1804-1875). This first encounter with

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led to the production of her third

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, .

Awards and honours

* 2020: ** Literary prize for high school students and apprentices in the South region: winner of Comic strips for ''Saison des roses'' **

for ** Prix Artémisia for Emancipation for ''Saison des roses''. ** Nomination for the 2019 Prix Bédélys in the category of best comics outside

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in French language for ''Saison des roses''.

Selected works

* ''Conduite interdite11'', Steinkis, March 2017 () * ''Saison des roses'', FLBLB, May 2019 () * ''Beethov sur Seine'', Steinkis, November 2020 ()

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wary, Chloe 1995 births Living people Writers from Paris French female comics writers French comics writers