A talk by Annie Goetzinger
Monday, April 20, 2015
Ulster Hall Atrium
4-5.30pm
Best-selling graphic novelist Annie Goetzinger has been published in Circus, L’Écho des Savanes, Fluide Glacial, Métal Hurlant, Pilote, Le Monde. The author of celebrated graphic novels and comic series Casque d’or, Aurore, L’Avenir perdu, Agence Hardy, Le Regard des jours and Marie Antoinette, La Reine fantôme, in 2004 she was awarded the Grand prize « BD Boom ». She is the first woman to win this prize. At UF she will present her latest graphic novel, Girl in Dior, a sweepingly beautiful docudrama on the life of Christian Dior, starting with the launch of his brand in 1947. The girl in Dior is Clara, a freshly hired journalist, fashionista and future Christian Dior model, who serves as the reader’s guide through the busy hallways of Dior.