birth_place awards nationality birth_date write article_title name
abidjan , côte d'ivoire angoulême -lrb- 2006 -rrb- `` rising star award for best self-publisher international '' glyph comics awards -lrb- 2008 -rrb- comics festival prize for first comic book ivorian 1971 y marguerite abouet
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marguerite abouet

marguerite abouet is an ivorian writer of bandes dessinées .
she was born in abidjan , côte d'ivoire in 1971 .
she is best known for her graphic novel series `` aya '' .
