David Polonsky, one of the most important and prolific illustrators in Israel, visited India on the occasion of India and Israel celebrating 30 years of full diplomatic relations.
David‘s illustrations are full of color and movement created for comics, journalism and children’s books. Polonsky’s work ranges from illustrations for newspapers, magazines, and children’s books, to stage and cinema design. His projects include the design of the animated documentary Waltz with Bashir and an adaptation of Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl to a graphic novel that has been translated into more than 25 languages. He has won numerous awards, including two Israeli Film Academy Awards and an Andersen Award for children’s books illustration.
The award-winning illustrator attended the Tata Literature Live, The Mumbai LitFest 2022. David delivered a session on the creative process of adapting the famous diary “ANNE FRANK” to comics and conducted a workshop on “DRAWING FROM MEMORY- Illustrations of the everyday”. He conducted a workshop at SRFTI (Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute) and a workshop with students of the Comics Studies programme at Jadavpur University
An Artists Adda with David on the history of illustrations in Bengal and Israel was held at Harrington Street Arts Centre.This was organised by Embassy of Israel in India in collaboration with Meta Arts, a culture production company based in Kolkata.Writers, illustrators, literature entrepreneurs, academics and culture commentators were present. The adda witnessed sharing of experiences, facts and anecdotes related to graphic novels, comics, longform illustration and their impact in the contemporary Bengali and Israeli society.
Ambassador of Israel to India H.E. Naor Gilon said, “David Polonsky is one of the top illustrators in Israel and his works are known all over the world. His visual language is delightful, deep and unique. We are very happy that he is visiting India. We hope this will further boost Israel – India culture ties.”
