Jonathan Shapiro
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Jonathan Shapiro (born 27 October 1958), known professionally as Zapiro, is a South African political cartoonist whose work has appeared in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally. He is the nephew of British magician David Berglas and cousin to Marvin Berglas, the director of Marvin's Magic.
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Vinony's link graph records 42 inbound references to Jonathan Shapiro, and connects out to Mail & Guardian, editorial cartoonist and Nelson Mandela.
Vinony files it under 1958 births, 20th-century South African artists and 21st-century South African artists.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- How to Be Abe Lincoln
- End of Part of One
- Madiba Years
- Hole Truth
- A manual for lawyers on litigation for equalization of municipal services
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1971-09-29
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,086
- Total plays
- 8,048
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Jonathan Shapiro
- Person.image
- Jonathan Shapiro 01.JPG
- Person.birth_place
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Person.other_names
- Zapiro
- Person.occupation
- Cartoonist
- Person.years_active
- 1987–present
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jonathan
- Family name
- Shapiro
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Cape Town
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Prince Claus Award
- Official website
- www.zapiro.com
- Image
- Jonathan Shapiro 01.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1958-10-27
- Commons category
- Jonathan Shapiro
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Bibliography
- Awards and exhibitions
- Criticism
- References
- External links
Jonathan Shapiro (born 27 October 1958), known professionally as Zapiro, is a South African political cartoonist whose work has appeared in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally. He is the nephew of British magician David Berglas and cousin to Marvin Berglas, the director of Marvin's Magic.
==Early life== Jonathan was born into a Jewish family in Cape Town, South Africa to Gershon and Gaby Shapiro. An early influence was the English cartoonist Carl Giles, whose work inspired him to become a cartoonist when he was a child.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jonathan Shapiro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
Available in 10 languages
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