Saturday, 6 November 2021 (YJC)_ Iranian prominent cartoonist Kambiz Derambakhsh passed away at the age of 79.
After a short period of illness due to coronavirus, Iranian prominent cartoonist Kambiz Derambakhsh passed away on Saturday afternoon in Atieh Hospital in Tehran.
Born in 1942 in Shiraz, Derambakhsh was a cartoonist and graphic artist. The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran, and the Cartoonmuseum Basel, Switzerland and many other museums in Bulgaria, Japan, Turkey, Poland, and Germany included his works of art in their collection.
He also was the author of several books included: Siyah (Black Miniatures), a fusion of Persian miniature style and black humor, Olampic e Khande (Laughter Olympics), Samphony e Khotoot (A Symphony of Lines), and Agar DaVinci Mara Dide Bood (If Da Vinci Had Met Me).
In 2014, he was made a Chevalier of Arts and Letters by the French government.