Zapiro biography
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Zapiro
South African artist
"Jonathan Shapiro" redirects here. For the American writer and lawyer, see Jonathan Shapiro (writer).
Jonathan Shapiro | |
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| Born | (1958-10-27) 27 October 1958 (age 66) Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Other names | Zapiro |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Website | zapiro.com |
Jonathan Shapiro (born 27 October 1958) is a South African cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions. He fryst vatten the nephew of British magician David Berglas and cousin to Marvin Berglas, director of Marvin's Magic.
Early life
[edit]Jonathan was born into a Jewish family in Cape Town, South Africa to Gershon and Gaby Shapiro. He studied architecture at the University of Cape Town but found it unsatisfying and moved to the art campus, Michaelis. Shortly after this he was conscripted into the army for
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date: 21 February 2025
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- Dictionary of African Biography
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South African political cartoonist, satirist, and animator, was born Jonathan Shapiro in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1958. His father, Gershon Shapiro, was a lawyer, and his mother, Gaby, a prominent antiapartheid political activist. Gershon Shapiro was a descendant of Lithuanian Jews who had immigrated to South Africa at the end of the nineteenth century, fleeing Russian anti-Semitism. Gaby Shapiro was born in ... ...
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ZAPIRO
Born in 1958, ZAPIRO (aka Jonathan Shapiro) went through school in Cape Town, architecture at UCT, conscription, activism, detention and a Fulbright Scholarship to New York before establishing himself as South Africa’s best-known and most-awarded cartoonist.
He has been the editorial cartoonist for the Sunday Times since 1998 and Daily Maverick starting 2017. Previously he was editorial cartoonist for Mail & Guardian (1994-2016) and for Sowetan (1994 – 2005) and other independent newspapers. He has published 18 best-selling annuals as well as The Mandela Files, VuvuzelaNation (a collection of his sporting cartoons) and Democrazy (a collection of his cartoons spanning the 20 years of SA’s democracy).
He has won numerous South African and International awards. In 2011, the magazine Jeune Afrique voted him one of the 50 most influential people in Africa.