Georges David Wolinski (; 28 June 19347 January 2015) was a French

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and comics writer. He was killed on 7 January 2015 in a terrorist attack on ''Charlie Hebdo'' along with other staff.

Early life

Georges David Wolinski was born on 28 June 1934 in

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Attentat à Charlie Hebdo : Cabu, Charb, Tignous et Wolinski parmi les victimes Charlie Hebdo : Cabu, Charb, Wolinski, Maris et les autres, tués dans l'attaque
''

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'', 7 January 2015Georges Wolinski: Illustrateur de BD français
''Le Figaro''
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'', 8 January 2015, AFP. Retrieved 8 January 2015 to Jewish parents, Lola Bembaron and Siegfried Wolinski. His father, who was from Poland, was murdered in 1936 when Wolinski was two years old. His mother was a Tunisian of Italian Jewish descent. He moved to metropolitan France in 1945 shortly after

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. He started studying

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and following his graduation he began cartooning.

Career

Wolinski began cartooning for '' Rustica'' in 1958, and started drawing political cartoons in 1960. Three years later, in 1961, he started contributing political and erotic cartoons and

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to the satirical monthly ''

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''. During the student revolts of May 1968, Wolinski co-founded the satirical magazine ''L'Enragé'' with

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and

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. He served as the

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of ''

'' from 1961 to 1970. In the early 1970s, Wolinski collaborated with the

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to create ''Paulette'' which appeared in ''

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'' and provoked reactions in France during its publication. Wolinski's work appeared in the daily newspaper ''

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'', the weekly ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2005, he was the recipient of the

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at the

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. The same year he was also awarded the

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Motorsport

Wolinski was responsible for the design of the livery of several

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that raced in various sportscar championships and in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Personal life

After the loss of his first wife, Jacqueline Saba, in 1966, in a car accident, he married

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in 1972.

Death

Along with seven of his colleagues, two police officers, and two other people, Wolinski was killed on 7 January 2015 in the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting when armed terrorists stormed the ''

'' newspaper offices in Paris. The

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293499 Wolinski was named in his memory on 22 February 2016 by its discoverer

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.MPC 98715
22 February 2016

Bibliography

* ''Paulette'', art by Georges Pichard ** ''Paulette'' Tome 1, 1971 ** ''Paulette'' Tome 2, 1972 ** ''Le mariage de Paulette'', Le Square, 1974 ** ''Paulette en Amazonie'', Le Square, 1975 ** ''Ras-le-bol-ville'', Le Square, 1975 ** ''Le cirque des femmes'', Le Square, 1977 ** ''Les Pensées'', Le Square, 1981 ** ''Paulette'', Dargaud, 1984

Other works

A text on the

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, « Les Tunisiens sont « sages » », published in the book ''Dégage ! une révolution'', Phébus, 2012, pp. 164–165, .

References

External links

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