Michel Kichka (born 1954 in
Liège,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
) is an Israeli
cartoonist and
illustrator of Belgian origin. His father was
Holocaust survivor
Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies before and during World War II in Europe and North Africa. There is no universally accep ...
Henri Kichka
Henri Kichka (14 April 1926 – 25 April 2020) was a Belgian writer and Holocaust survivor who was one of the leading figures in Holocaust education in Belgium. Kichka was the only member of his family to have survived the deportation of Belgi ...
.
Biography
Michel Kichka was born in Belgium to
Henri Kichka
Henri Kichka (14 April 1926 – 25 April 2020) was a Belgian writer and Holocaust survivor who was one of the leading figures in Holocaust education in Belgium. Kichka was the only member of his family to have survived the deportation of Belgi ...
, a
Holocaust survivor
Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies before and during World War II in Europe and North Africa. There is no universally accep ...
, and his wife, Lucia (née Świerczyński). He
immigrated
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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.
Students he trained in the field include
Rutu Modan
Rutu Modan ( he, רותו מודן, born 1966) is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist. She is co-founder of the Israeli comics group Actus Tragicus and published the graphic novels '' Exit Wounds'' (2007) and '' The Property'' (2013).
Bi ...
and
Uri Fink.
[ Kichka produces comics in French and Hebrew for various ]media outlets
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Broadcast media transmit informati ...
including ''Le Monde
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'' and TV5.
Awards and recognition
Kichka won the Israeli Dosh Cartoonist Award in 2008.[ In 2006 he joined the ]UNRIC
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movement Cartooning for Peace.Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres
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honor by the French Culture Ministry.[ Kichka serves as head of the Israel Cartoonists Guild.][
]
See also
*Israeli art
Visual arts in Israel refers to plastic art created first in the region of Palestine, from the later part of the 19th century until 1948 and subsequently in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by Israeli artists. Visual art in Israel ...
References
External links
Michel Kichka
official homepage.
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1954 births
Living people
Artists from Liège
Israeli cartoonists
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Belgian emigrants to Israel
Belgian Jews