Manuele Fior
Trans. by Jamie Richards
Class Trip
Manuele Fior was born in Cesena, Italy in 1975. After earning a degree in architecture (Venice, 2000), he moved to Berlin, where he began a career as a cartoonist, illustrator, and architect. His 5,000 km per Second, The Interview, and Blackbird Days have been published in English by Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Paris.
Jamie Richards is an American translator based in Milan. Her translations include Giovanni Orelli’s Walaschek’s Dream, Serena Vitale’s Shklovsky: Witness to an Era, Igiaba Scego’s Adua, and several contemporary graphic novels. She holds an MFA in translation from the University of Iowa and a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Oregon.