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Em Satya

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Em Satya
Born1957 (1957)
Takeo
🏳️ NationalityKhmer
🏫 EducationRoyal University of Fine Arts
💼 Occupation
Known forgraphic novels
Notable workFlower of Battambang

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Em Satya is a Cambodian graphic illustrator, cartoonist, and artist.[1]

Life[edit]

Em Satya was born in Takeo in 1957. [1] He has worked for the Ministry of Education, the newspapers Rasmei Kampuchea Daily and Cambodge Soir, and magazine Mom and Mab, as well as at Room to Read.[1] He was one of the few artists to survive the Khmer Rouge regime, and many comics published since the 1980s are attributed to him. [2] In the year 2000 he suffered a stroke, which meant that he had to complete his major work, the flower of Battambang, with his left hand. [3]

Major works[edit]

The Flower of Battambang was published in 2006 [3] and tells a romantic story set in Battambang [4] The graphic style of Em Satya's work is influenced by Indian movies [1] as well as European comics of the 1960s[3]. [1] He began the romance novel in the 1990s and took 17 years to complete it. [3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bun, Tharum (23 December 2007). "17 years later..." Asian Correspodent. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. Plaut, Ethan (October 30, 2004). "Reviewing a Forgotten Art". Cambodia Daily. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lodish, Emily (2 January 2008). "Tale of Doomed Love Recalls Comics' 'Silver Age'". Cambodia Daily. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. Say, Tola (15 June 2008). "Flower of Battambang". Khmer Times. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

Added info in support of notability, as being one of few artists to survive Khmer Rouge[edit]


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