Ali Fitzgerald

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Ali Fitzgerald is an American comic author, journalist and artist. She is a regular contributor to The New Yorker. [1] In 2018, she published Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops In Refugee Shelters And Other Stories From A New Europe , a graphic non-fiction book about the diverse experiences of exile in Berlin, with Fantagraphics. [2] [3] It was listed as one of the best comics of 2018 by Vulture [4] and won the Independent Publisher's Gold award for best graphic book of 2019. [5]

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Ali Fitzgerald was born in 1983 in Oakland, California. She studied art and creative writing at Davidson College in North Carolina (2000–2004), where she drew regularly for the college newspaper, The Davidsonian. She attended a residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, before going to University of Texas (2004–2007), where she got an MFA in painting. She moved to Berlin, Germany, in 2009, where she wrote for Art21. [6] In 2020, she attended a comic-artist residency at the Maison des Auteurs in Angoulême, France. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Drawn To Berlin: Comic Workshops In Refugee Shelters And Other Stories From A New Europe". Fantagraphics. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  3. ↑ Lehoczky, Etelka (2018-11-07). "Capturing Europe's Refugee Crisis Through Comics". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  4. ↑ Riesman, Abraham (2018-12-07). "The 10 Best Comics of 2018". Vulture. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  5. ↑ "2019 Medalists Cat 1-35". ippyawards.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  6. ↑ Schuddeboom, Bas. "Ali Fitzgerald". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  7. ↑ "Horizons, l'exposition des auteurs en résidence – Littératures mode d'emploi" (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  8. ↑ "Drawn To Berlin: Comic Workshops In Refugee Shelters And Other Stories From A New Europe". Fantagraphics. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  9. ↑ "ALI FITZGERALD". Presque lune. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  10. ↑ "Ali Fitzgerald". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  11. ↑ "Ali Fitzgerald - McSweeney's Internet Tendency". McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  12. ↑ Fitzgerald, Ali (2016-05-16). "Introducing 'Bermuda Square,' the Cut's New Comic Strip for Women". The Cut. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  13. ↑ "Ali Fitzgerald". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  14. ↑ Fitzgerald, Ali (2020-12-21). "The Museum of Purgatory". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  15. ↑ Fitzgerald, Ali (2023-12-18). "Patricia Highsmith's Vanishing Panels, by Ali Fitzgerald". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2024-03-17.
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