Em Satya
Em Satya | |
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Born | 1957 Takeo |
🏳️ Nationality | Khmer |
🏫 Education | Royal University of Fine Arts |
💼 Occupation | |
Known for | graphic novels |
Notable work | Flower 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]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bun, Tharum (23 December 2007). "17 years later..." Asian Correspodent. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ Plaut, Ethan (October 30, 2004). "Reviewing a Forgotten Art". Cambodia Daily. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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