Name: Gorazde: Zona segura
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Author: Joe Sacco
ISBN: 9788439504214

Type

Physical Book

Author

Joe Sacco

Author

José Mallorquí

Publisher

Planeta Agostini

Year

2011

Language

Spanish

Pages

240

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

8439504217

ISBN13

9788439504214

Edited in

España

Synopsis "Gorazde: Zona segura"

Joe Sacco es el aclamado autor de Palestina. A principios de los 90 el autor, que es periodista, se desplazó hasta Israel, donde convivió con judíos y palestinos en un intento de desentrañar el núcleo del conflicto entre unos y otros. El resultado fue Palestina, una mezcla entre periodismo e impresiones subjetivas y objetivas del autor, todo ello narrado con vigor en forma de cómic. Recientemente, arropado por su éxito crítico, Sacco viajó (durante los últimos meses del conflicto bélico) a la antigua Yugoslavia para repetir su investigación, ahora en terreno yugoslavo. El resultado es Gorazde, obra aún más aclamada que Palestina y que ha llegado a ser reseñada incluso en el New York Times.

Joe Sacco

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Joe Sacco (born October 2, 1960 in Kirkop, Malta) is a Maltese-American author and graphic journalist, a pioneer in the field of journalistic comics. His unique style combines investigative journalism with graphic narrative, creating works that document war conflicts and situations of social injustice.

After moving to the United States in his youth, Sacco studied at the University of Oregon and began his career as an illustrator. In 1991, he traveled to Palestine to cover the situation in the occupied territories, resulting in his most influential work: Palestine (2001). This graphic novel, based on his experiences in the West Bank and Gaza, offers a deep insight into Palestinian life during the Israeli occupation. The work was recognized with the National Book Award in 1996 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2001.

Subsequently, Sacco addressed other conflicts, such as the Bosnian War in Safe Area Goražde (2000) and the Gaza incidents in Footnotes in Gaza (2009). His approach is characterized by direct immersion in conflict zones, conducting interviews and documenting on the ground, often without official credentials, which allows him a more authentic and close perspective of the events.

In 2020, he published Paying the Land, a work that explores the history and contemporary challenges of indigenous peoples in Canada. More recently, in 2024, he released War in Gaza, a strong critique of American policy in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where he denounces what he considers a possible genocide and questions the complicity of political figures such as

Throughout his career, Sacco has been awarded several prizes, including the Eisner Award and the Ridenhour Book Prize for Non-Fiction. In 2023, he received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from the University of Malta.

Joe Sacco continues to be an influential figure in the realm of comics and journalism, using his art to shed light on the hidden realities of war conflicts and social injustices.

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