| Michel Kichka | |
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 Michel Kichka, 2008 | |
| Born | 1954 Liège, Belgium |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Area(s) | Artist |
| Awards | Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres (2011), Dosh Award (2008) |
| http://en.kichka.com/ | |
Michel Kichka (born 1954 [1] ) is an Israeli cartoonist and illustrator of Belgian origin. His father was Holocaust survivor Henri Kichka.
Michel Kichka was born in Belgium to Henri Kichka, a Holocaust survivor, and his wife, Lucia (née Świerczyński). 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. [2] [3] [4] Students he trained in the field include Rutu Modan and Uri Fink. [4] Kichka produces comics in French and Hebrew for various media outlets including Le Monde and TV5. [5] He is married to Olivia and they have three sons.
Kichka won the Israeli Dosh Cartoonist Award in 2008. [3] In 2006 he joined the UNRIC movement Cartooning for Peace. [1] [6] In 2011 he was granted the prestigious Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres honor by the French Culture Ministry. [4] Kichka serves as head of the Israel Cartoonists Guild. [1]
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Henri Kichka 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 Belgian Jews to camps in Central and Eastern Europe. He began speaking on the importance of the memory of those who perished at the hands of the Nazis in the 1980s and spoke widely on his experiences to school audience. In 2005, published his autobiography, Une adolescence perdue dans la nuit des camps with a preface by the French historian Serge Klarsfeld. He is the father of cartoonist Michel Kichka.
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Kichka is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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