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{{Short description|Israeli cartoonist and illustrator of Belgian origin}}

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Michel Kichka (born 1954WEB,dafdaf.co.il/Details.asp?MenuID=3&SubMenuID=110&PageID=1518&Ot=%F7, Michel Kichka, Artist’s bio, Dafdaf, 4 December 2011, ) is an Israeli cartoonist and illustrator of Belgian origin. His father was Holocaust survivor Henri Kichka.

Biography

Michel Kichka was born in Belgium to Henri Kichka, a Holocaust survivor, and his wife, Lucia (née ÅšwierczyÅ„ski). He immigrated to Israel in 1974 and studied art at the Bezalel Academy, where he became an instructor and one of Israel’s leading comic book artists and political cartoonists.WEB,www.nrg.co.il/online/47/ART2/144/805.html?hp=47&cat=306, Water colors: An interview with Michel Kichka, Yonathan Esternick, 15 August 2010, NRG Maariv, 4 December 2011, NEWS,www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3635748,00.html, Michel Kichka wins Dosh award, Meirav Yedilovich, 9 December 2008, Ynet, 4 December 2011, WEB,www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/michel_kichka_wins_chevalier_des_arts_et_des_lettres_honor/, Michel Kichka Wins Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Honor, Tom Spurgeon, Tom Spurgeon, 10 November 2011, Comics Reporter, 4 December 2011, Students he trained in the field include Rutu Modan and Uri Fink. Kichka produces comics in French and Hebrew for various media outlets including Le Monde and TV5.NEWS, Cashman, Greer Fay, Grapevine: Ours and theirs,www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=244892, 4 December 2011, The Jerusalem Post, 11 September 2011, He is married to Olivia and they have three sons.

Awards and recognition

Kichka won the Israeli Dosh Cartoonist Award in 2008. In 2006 he joined the UNRIC movement Cartooning for Peace.WEB,www.cartooningforpeace.org/en/dessinateurs/kichka, Michel Kichka: Cartooning for Peace, Biography, Cartooning for Peace, 4 December 2011, In 2011 he was granted the prestigious Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres honor by the French Culture Ministry. Kichka serves as head of the Israel Cartoonists Guild.

See also

• Israeli art

References

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External links

• Michel Kichka official homepage.

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