Michel Kichka
Michel Kichka (born 1954) is an Israeli cartoonist and illustrator of Belgian origin. His father was Holocaust survivor Henri Kichka.
Michel Kichka
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- Born
- 1954
- Birthplace
- Liège, Belgium
- Nationality
- Israeli
- Awards
- Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres (2011), Dosh Award (2008)
- Occupation
- cartoonist · illustrator · graphic designer · caricaturist · comics artist
- Fields
- comic
- Honours
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · Dosh award for Cartooning · Francine and Antoine Bernheim Award for Arts and Literature and Science
- Languages
- French · Modern Hebrew
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Michel Kichka (born 1954) is an Israeli cartoonist and illustrator of Belgian origin. His father was Holocaust survivor Henri Kichka.
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Rutu Modan is recorded as having studied under Michel Kichka. The recorded working language is French and Modern Hebrew. The field of work recorded is comic. Residence is recorded at Jerusalem. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Dosh award for Cartooning and Francine and Antoine Bernheim Award for Arts, Literature and Science.
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• Born — 1954 • Birthplace — Liège, Belgium • Nationality — Israeli • Area — Artist • Awards — Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres (2011), Dosh Award (2008) • Website — http: en.kichka.com/ • Name Nonen — מישל קישקה • Nonus — he
Biography
Biography
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. 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. He is married to Olivia and they have three sons.
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Identity
Michel Kichka is recorded with the occupation graphic designer. Recorded with the occupation comics artist. Recorded as cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer, caricaturist and comics artist.
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1954
Michel Kichka was born on 1 January 1954.
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Liège.
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Michel Kichka is recorded as having received Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Dosh award for Cartooning and Francine and Antoine Bernheim Award for Arts, Literature and Science.
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- “Michel Kichka”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards and recognition
Kichka won the Israeli Dosh Cartoonist Award in 2008. In 2006 he joined the UNRIC movement Cartooning for Peace. 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.
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- 1.Michel Kichka (b. 1954). Grand Comics Database.
- 2.Michel Kichka. isabart.org.
- 3.Michel Kichka. Dafdaf.
- 4.Curiosity - 25 numéros. BD Gest'.
- 5.Yonathan Esternick. Water colors: An interview with Michel Kichka. NRG Maariv. 15 août 2010.
- 6.Meirav Yedilovich. Michel Kichka wins Dosh award. Ynet. 9 décembre 2008.
- 7.Tom Spurgeon. Michel Kichka Wins Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Honor. Comics Reporter. 10 novembre 2011.
- 8.Article en Cashman Greer Fay Grapevine: Ours and theirs https://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/Grapevine-Ours-and-theirs consulté le=4 décembre 2011 The Jerusalem Post 11 septembre 2011 .
- 9.Article Antoine Perroud Les chroniques BD Gest' Le Jardin de Daubigny BD Gest' 3 juillet 2023 lire en https://www.bdgest.com/chronique-11825-BD-L-autre-Jerusalem-L-autre-Jerusalem.html id=Perroud2023 .
- 10.Article Mick Léonard L'Autre Jérusalem Planète BD 6 juillet 2023 lire en https://www.planetebd.com/bd/dargaud/l-autre-jerusalem/-/51544.html consulté le=9 décembre 2024 id=Mick .
- 11.Article Stéphane Dreyfus L’Autre Jérusalem de Michel Kichka et Le Juif arabe d’Asaf Hanuka : Israël, deux regards, mille identités La Croix 5 juillet 2023 lire en https://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Israel-deux-regards-mille-identites-2023-07-05-1201274265 consulté le=9 décembre 2024 id=Dreyfus .
- 12.Article Didier Pasamonik Saison israélienne (1/2) : En ballade avec Michel Kichka dans « l’autre Jérusalem » ActuaBD 21 juillet 2023 lire en https://www.actuabd.com/Saison-israelienne-1-2-En-ballade-avec-Michel-Kichka-dans-l-autre-Jerusalem consulté le=9 décembre 2024 id=Pasamonik2023 .
- 13.Article Didier Pasamonik Ce que Michel Kichka n’a pas dit à son père… ActuaBD 28 mars 2012 lire en https://www.actuabd.com/Ce-que-Michel-Kichka-n-a-pas-dit-a consulté le=27 janvier 2023 id=Pasamonik .
- 14.La loi du silence Zoo (magazine, 2004) Zoo le Mag avril-mai 2012 39 30.
- 15.Article Jacques Schraûwen Falafel Sauce Piquante noitalic Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française RTBF 22 septembre 2018 lire en https://www.rtbf.be/article/falafel-sauce-piquante-10068495 consulté le=8 novembre 2023 id=Schraûwen .
- 16.Article Antoine Perroud Les chroniques BD Gest' Falafel sauce piquante BD Gest' 2 novembre 2018 lire en https://www.bdgest.com/chronique-8871-BD-Falafel-sauce-piquante-Falafel-sauce-piquante.html id=Perroud .
- 17.Article Michel Kichka: L’autre Jérusalem Tenou'a juillet 2023 lire en https://www.tenoua.org/michel-kichka-lautre-jerusalem/ consulté le=9 décembre 2024 .
- 18.Article François Samson La critique Zoo sur l'album L'autre Jérusalem *** Zoo le Mag 4 septembre 2023 lire en https://zoolemag.com/album-bd/305982-l-autre-jerusalem consulté le=9 décembre 2024 id=Samson .
- 19.Imdb titre id=4264554 Les Secrets de mon père .
- 20.Article Didier Pasamonik « Deuxième Génération - Ce que je n’ai pas dit à mon père » de Michel Kichka bientôt sur les écrans ActuaBD 28 avril 2022 lire en https://www.actuabd.com/+Deuxieme-Generation-Ce-que-je-n-ai-pas-dit-a-mon-pere-de-Michel-Kichka-bientot+ consulté le=27 janvier 2023 id=Pasamonik2022 .
- 21.Michel Kichka: Cartooning for Peace. Cartooning for Peace.
- 22.Article Jessica Steinberg Pour ce caricaturiste belgo-israélien engagé, la BD n’est pas une blague The Times of Israel 23 juillet 2019 lire en https://fr.timesofisrael.com/pour-ce-caricaturiste-belgo-israelien-engage-la-bd-nest-pas-une-blague/ consulté le=27 avril 2025 .
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Formation and teaching. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Kichka received Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Dosh award for Cartooning and Francine and Antoine Bernheim Award for Arts, Literature and Science.
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Deuxième génération, Témoignage et littérature d’après Auschwitz, 2024
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