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Journalistic versus Intellectual Caricature in the Short Period of Reforms in Iran

In 1350s (In Iranian calendar), a group of Iranian caricaturists separated their path from popular journalistic artists, by boycotting superficial and journalistic works. After Khordad the 2nd 1376, some intellectual caricaturists found journalistic facilities as the best option for communicating to the society. Before 1376 in the newspapers such as hamshahri and Iran, journalistic caricature had emerged in more serious forms. In 1376 as Jame'e was published, this type of caricature appeared on the front page. Newspapers such as Zan, Sobh-Emrooz, Aftab-Emrooz, Azad, etc. took this method very seriously as many of untold issues were expressed with caricatures ...

Biography:

Born in 1969. He studied geology at the Tehran University,but didn’t finish his masters degree ,due to his journalistic activities. He has been working for the press from 1991, starting with GOL AGHA , Iran’s most popular satirical magazine. He started working as an editorial cartoonist for the newspapers at 1993, first with HAMSHAHRI and after that for ZAN, KHORDAD , SOBH-E EMROOZ and 13 others .He was sent to prison for 6 days, because of drawing a cartoon for the AZAD newspaper. His cartoons on international issues have been published by IRAN NEWS & IRAN DAILY. He once drew four editorial cartoons per day!(A world record!). Recently,his works are published by,FARHANG-E ASHTI ,HAMSHAHRI-E EGHTESADI, HAMBASTEGI and other Iranian papers. He also writes articles for the Iranian press, on political issues and cartooning . Member of CWS, Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate. Editor of Iran’s first Sustainable Development News Network(http://www.irangreenpen.com) Founder of Iran’s first professional cartoon website(http://www.persitoons.com/).

Awards

Kowsar has won the CRYSTAL PEN and HONARARY DIPLOMA,given to the best Iranian Journalists ,four times, from the IRANIAN PRESS CONTEST (1996,1999,2000,2002) DIPLOMA OF HONOR from TOLENTINO Caricature contest , Italy (1995) AWARD OF COURAGE FOR EDITORIAL CARTOONING from CRN-Cartoonists Rights Network(TORONTO,2001) HONORABLE MENTION and second rank from The CANADIAN PRESS CLUB Editorial Cartooning Contest(2001)

Exhibitions

Group exhibition of Iranian professional cartoonists,Zagreb ,Croatia 2002. With Mike Ramirez(USA) and Touka Neyestani(IRAN),Kilkney,Ireland 2002.

Books

The Events of 1998,1999,2000 in Iran,three volumes. Freedom and the Freedom of the Press,2000. The Majority has no RIGHTS!!2003

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