Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel (/ˈbɛkdəl/ BEK-dəl; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist.[1] She created the comic strip about gay women called Dykes to Watch Out For. She also created a graphic novel Fun Home.The book also became a musical that won a Tony Award in 2015. In 2012, she published her second graphic book Are You My Mother? She won the MacArthur "Genius" Award.[2]
Awards
- Time Magazine listed Fun Home as one of its 10 Best Books of the Year for 2006
- Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work in 2007
- A MacArthur Fellowship in 2014.
- Lambda Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Literature in 2014.
- Harvey Awards 2019 Hall of Fame.
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Bechdel at a London signing for Fun Home in 2006
References
- ↑ "Alison Bechdel | Biography, Comics, Books, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "ALISON BECHDEL: ‘Thrilled’ graphic novelist breaks yet more ground with MacArthur ‘genius’ grant" (in en-US). Washington Post. . https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/09/17/2014-macarthur-genius-grants-for-fun-home-cartoonist-alison-bechdel-the-latest-twist-in-her-really-crazy-year/. Retrieved 2021-08-03.