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Unflattening is a graphic novel by artist and researcher Nick Sousanis that was originally the first dissertation from Columbia University to be written in a comic book format. The book was published by Harvard University Press in April 2015 and won the 2015 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize, taking top honor as book of the year. The Brazilian edition of the book (Desaplanar, editora Veneta, published in 2017), won the 2018 Troféu HQ Mix in the category "best theoretical book". [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

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  2. "Unflattening: How a Dissertation in Comics Form Reimagined Scholarship and Academic Writing". Department of English at Princeton. 10 November 2014.
  3. "Penn State announces winner of the Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year". Penn State News. 19 April 2016.
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