Édith Zha (born 1945) is a French author and scriptwriter of comics for adults and children.
Édith Zha | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
Biography
editÉdith Zha was born in 1945. She studied philosophy.[1] At the beginning of 1978, Edith Zha met Nella Nobili and they began to collect interviews with workers who loved each other. In 1979, they published Les femmes et l'amour homosexuel (Women and Homosexual Love).[2]
She then became a proofreader in a publishing house. At the same time, she wrote scripts for adult and children's comics, illustrated by Nicole Claveloux. She also writes stories for children.[3]
I know how to write dialogues, but I don’t know how to write a story with a beginning, an end, and events between them. So I called on Edith, who is a skilled writer. She told this strange story chapter by chapter, and then I cut it all up into boxes and text bubbles.
— Nicole Claveloux[4]
Works
edit- Les Femmes et l'amour homosexuel, with Nella Nobili, Hachette, 1979
- Morte-saison et autres récits (Dead Season and Other Stories), with Nicole Claveloux and Elisabeth Salomon.[5]
- La maison sur la digue with Nicole Claveloux[6]
- La Main Verte et autres récits (The Green Hand and Other Stories) with Nicole Claveloux.[7][8] translated into English by Donald Nicholson-Smith[9]
Awards
edit- Angoulême International Comics Festival 2020: Prize for Inheritance with Nicole Claveloux[10]
- Prix Artémisia 2020 du Matrimoine with Nicole Claveloux “for the magnificent republication of their works, La Main Verte et autres récits, published by Cornélius.”[11]
References
edit- ^ Claveloux, Nicole (2017-11-28). The Green Hand and Other Stories. New York Review of Books. ISBN 978-1-68137-108-5.
- ^ Nobili, Nella; Zah, Édith (1979-01-01). Les femmes et l'amour homosexuel (in French). (Hachette) réédition numérique FeniXX. ISBN 979-10-376-0646-4.
- ^ Magneron, Philippe. "Zha, Édith – Bibliographie, BD, photo, biographie". www.bedetheque.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ Liberty, Megan N. (2018-02-23). "A Magical 1970s French Comic Book Finally Translated Into English". Hyperallergic. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ Claveloux, Nicole; Salomon, Elisabeth; Zha, Édith (2023-03-14). Dead Season and Other Stories. New York Review of Books, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-68137-346-1.
- ^ "Zha". Éditions Cornélius (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ Lehoczky, Etelka (2017-11-26). "'The Green Hand' Captures The Colorful Essence Of The Uncanny". NPR. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ Claveloux, Nicole (2017). The green hand and other stories /. New York Review Comics. ISBN 9781681371078. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "The Green Hand and Other Stories". Penguin Random House.
- ^ "Festival BD Angoulême". www.bm-tours.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ^ "Prix Artémisia 2020 du Matrimoine décerné à Nicole Claveloux et Edith Zha". Association Artémisia (in French). 2020-01-09. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-13.