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Rutu Modan

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Rutu Modan · Arts & Literature

What

Israeli comics artist whose Exit Wounds (2007) and The Property (2013) both won the Eisner Award, comics' highest honor

When

1966, Tel Aviv, Israel

Where

Israel

Biography

Rutu Modan is recognized among Israeli contributors to Arts & Literature — Israeli comics artist whose Exit Wounds (2007) and The Property (2013) both won the Eisner Award, comics' highest honor

How & why

Rutu Modan, born in Tel Aviv in 1966, co-founded the Actus Tragicus collective that put Israeli comics on the world map, and teaches at Bezalel. Her graphic novels Exit Wounds (2007) — a search for a father after a suicide bombing — and The Property (2013), a Polish restitution story told with tenderness and comic timing, each won the Eisner Award, comics' highest honor. Her clear-line drawing and unsentimental eye made her Israel's most internationally acclaimed comics author.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutu_Modan

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Israeli comics artist whose Exit Wounds (2007) and The Property (2013) both won the Eisner Award, comics' highest honor

2007

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutu_Modan