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{{Short description|French cartoonist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox comics creator

| image         = G. Wolinski dédicaçant à la fête de l'Huma 2007-02.JPG
| imagesize     = 
| caption       = Wolinski in 2007
| birth_name    = Georges David Wolinski<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tc6ZnQEACAAJ&q=%22Georges+David+Wolinski%22|title=Paulette|last1=Pichard|first1=Georges|last2=Wolinski|first2=Georges David|year=1975}}</ref>
| birth_date    = {{Birth date |df=y|1934|6|28}}
| birth_place   = [[Tunis]], [[French Tunisia]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=y|2015|1|7|1934|6|28}} 
| death_place   = Paris, France
| nationality   = French 
| area          = {{hlist|Writer|cartoonist}}
| alias         = 
| notable works = ''Paulette''<br/>''C’est la faute à la société''
| awards        = [[Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême#2000s|Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême]], 2005<br />[[Legion of Honour]], 2005
| signature     = Wolinski signature.png
}}
'''Georges David Wolinski''' ({{IPA|fr|vɔlɛ̃ski|lang}}; 28 June 1934{{snd}}7 January 2015) was a French [[cartoonist]] and [[Comic book creator|comics writer]]. He was killed on 7 January 2015 in the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting| ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting]].<ref name=tele-attack-live>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11329976/Paris-Charlie-Hebdo-attack-live.html |title=Paris Charlie Hebdo attack: live |quote=Famous French cartoonists Cabu, Charb, Tignous and Wolinski all reported killed in the attack. |author1=Andrew Marszal |author2=Barney Henderson |author3=David Millward |access-date=8 January 2015 |work=The Telegraph |date=8 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="lepoint-fusillade"/><ref name="lessentiel-cabu-mort"/>

==Early life==
Georges David Wolinski was born on 28 June 1934 in [[Tunis]], [[French Tunisia]]<ref name="leparisienattentat">[http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/attentat-a-charlie-hebdo-cabu-charb-tignous-et-wolinski-parmi-les-victimes-07-01-2015-4426073.php Attentat à Charlie Hebdo : Cabu, Charb, Tignous et Wolinski parmi les victimes Charlie Hebdo : Cabu, Charb, Wolinski, Maris et les autres, tués dans l'attaque], ''[[Le Parisien]]'', 7 January 2015</ref><ref name="lefigaroevene">[http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/georges-wolinski-1820.php Georges Wolinski: Illustrateur de BD français], ''Le Figaro''</ref><ref name="ynetnews">[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4612722,00.html Jewish cartoonist among victims of Paris terror attack], ''[[Ynetnews]]'', 8 January 2015, AFP. Retrieved 8 January 2015</ref> to Jewish parents,  Lola Bembaron and Siegfried Wolinski.<ref name="ynetnews"/> His father, who was from Poland, was murdered in 1936<ref name=bbcob>{{cite news|title=Charlie Hebdo attack: Victim obituaries|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30724678|access-date=8 January 2015|work=BBC|date=8 January 2015}}</ref> when Wolinski was two years old.<ref name="lefigaroevene"/><ref name="ynetnews"/> His mother was a [[Tunisian people|Tunisian]] of  Jewish descent.<ref name="lefigaroevene"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/149000/getting-to-know-cartoonist-georges-wolinski |title=Getting to Know Cartoonist Georges Wolinski|date=4 January 2012|work=The Jewish Daily Forward}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moked.it/blog/2015/01/08/georges-wolinski-1934-2015/|title=Georges Wolinski (1934 - 2015)|date=8 January 2015|website=Moked|accessdate=17 April 2023}}</ref> He moved to metropolitan France in 1945 shortly after [[World War II]].<ref name="leparisienattentat"/><ref name="ynetnews"/> He started studying [[architecture]] in [[Paris]] and following his graduation he began cartooning.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lucy Cormack|title=Charlie Hebdo: Daughter's Instagram post a reminder of the people behind the pencil|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/charlie-hebdo-daughters-instagram-post-a-reminder-of-the-people-behind-the-pencil-20150108-12jzm8.html|access-date=8 January 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=8 January 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
Wolinski began cartooning for ''[[Rustica (magazine)|Rustica]]'' in 1958,<ref name="leparisienattentat"/> and started drawing political cartoons in 1960.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Ray Sanchez|author2=Ed Payne|author3=Ashley Fantz|title=French cartoonists killed in Paris took a profane aim at the world|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/07/world/france-magazine-attack-victims/|access-date=8 January 2015|work=CNN|date=8 January 2015}}</ref> Three years later, in 1961, he started contributing political and erotic cartoons and [[comic strips]] to the satirical monthly ''[[Hara-Kiri (magazine)|Hara-Kiri]]''.<ref name="ynetnews"/><ref name="Lambiek Wolinski">{{cite web|author=Lambiek Comiclopedia|title=Georges Wolinski|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/w/wolinski_georges.htm}}</ref>

During the [[May 1968 events in France|student revolts of May 1968]], Wolinski co-founded the satirical magazine ''L'Enragé'' with [[Jean-Jacques Pauvert]] and [[Siné]]. He served as the [[editor-in-chief]] of ''[[Hara-Kiri (magazine)|Hara-Kiri]]'' from 1961 to 1970.<ref name="lefigaroevene"/> In the early 1970s, Wolinski collaborated with the [[comics artist]] [[Georges Pichard]] to create ''Paulette'' which appeared in ''[[Charlie Mensuel]]'' and provoked reactions in France during its publication. Wolinski's work appeared in the daily newspaper ''[[Libération]]'', the weekly ''[[Paris-Match]]'', ''[[L'Écho des savanes]]'' and ''[[Charlie Hebdo]]''.<ref name="ynetnews"/><ref name="Lambiek Wolinski"/>

In 2005, he was the recipient of the [[Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême#2000s|Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême]] at the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival|Angoulême Festival]].<ref name="lefigaroevene"/> The same year he was also awarded the [[Legion of Honour]].<ref name=bbcob/>

==Motorsport==
Wolinski was responsible for the design of the livery of several [[art cars]] that raced in various sportscar championships and in the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]].<ref>{{Cite news|title= RIP Georges Wolinski & All Of His Charlie Hebdo Colleagues|website=dailysportscar.com |date=January 8, 2015 |url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2015/01/08/rip-georges-wolinski.html |accessdate=2022-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title= Focus sur la Porsche 911 GT2 "Wolinski" des 24 Heures du Mans 1998 |website=dailysportscar.com |date=August 7, 2020 |url=https://www.endurance-info.com/classic/article/95188-focus-sur-la-porsche-911-gt2-wolinski-des-24-heures-du-mans-1998 |accessdate=2022-07-01}}</ref>

==Personal life==
After the loss of his first wife, Jacqueline Saba, in 1966, in a car accident, he married [[Maryse Wolinski]] in 1972.<ref>[http://www.salon-automne.com/fr/2014/06/02/georges-wolinski Georges Wolinski parrain d'honneur du Salon d'Automne 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024858/http://www.salon-automne.com/fr/2014/06/02/georges-wolinski/ |date=29 April 2018 }}, on www.salon-automne.com</ref>

==Death==
Along with seven of his colleagues, two police officers, and two other people, Wolinski was killed on 7 January 2015 in the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting|''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting]] when armed terrorists stormed the ''[[Charlie Hebdo]]'' newspaper offices in Paris.<ref name="lepoint-fusillade">{{cite news|title=LIVE. Massacre in "Charlie Hebdo": 12 dead, including Charb and Cabu|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/en-direct-fusillade-a-charlie-hebdo-selon-i-tele-et-20-minutes-07-01-2015-1894629_23.php |date=7 January 2015 |agency=Le Point |access-date=8 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="lessentiel-cabu-mort">{{cite news |url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/france/story/22976860 |title=Les dessinateurs Charb et Cabu seraient morts |language=fr |work=L'Essentiel |location=France |publisher=L'Essentiel |date=7 January 2015 |access-date=7 January 2015 |quote=Le directeur de la publication et dessinateur satirique Charb (Stéphane Charbonnier) et Cabu seraient morts selon les informations du Point (via un tweet). Charb avait été annoncé gravement blessé selon plusieurs sources, que relayaient Le Monde et Le Figaro.}}</ref>

The [[asteroid]] 293499 Wolinski was named in his memory on 22 February 2016 by its discoverer [[Jean-Claude Merlin]].<ref>[http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2016/MPC_20160222.pdf MPC 98715], 22 February 2016</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''Paulette'', art by Georges Pichard
** ''Paulette'' Tome 1, 1971	
** ''Paulette'' Tome 2, 1972	
** ''Le mariage de Paulette'', Le Square, 1974	
** ''Paulette en Amazonie'', Le Square, 1975	
** ''Ras-le-bol-ville'', Le Square, 1975	
** ''Le cirque des femmes'', Le Square, 1977
** ''Les Pensées'', Le Square, 1981
** ''Paulette'', Dargaud, 1984

== Other works  ==
A text on the [[Tunisian Revolution]], « Les Tunisiens sont « sages » »,<ref name=cneffpaysages1 >{{cite web |url = http://cneffpaysages.blog.lemonde.fr/2015/11/02/blognotice-02-11-2015-lacademie-goncourt-a-tunisle-devoilement-des-quatre-finalistes-du-goncourt-2015-au-musee-du-bardot-a-tunis/ |title = Blognotice 02.11.2015: L'académie Goncourt à Tunis/le dévoilement des quatre finalistes du Goncourt 2015 au Musée du Bardot à Tunis |author = Christophe Neff |author-link = Christophe Neff |access-date = 15 November 2015 |date = 2 November 2015 |publisher = Blogs le Monde on [[LeMonde.fr]] |language = fr |archive-date = 17 November 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020849/http://cneffpaysages.blog.lemonde.fr/2015/11/02/blognotice-02-11-2015-lacademie-goncourt-a-tunisle-devoilement-des-quatre-finalistes-du-goncourt-2015-au-musee-du-bardot-a-tunis/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> published in the book  ''Dégage ! une révolution'', Phébus, 2012, pp.&nbsp;164–165, {{ISBN|978-2-7529-0671-7}}.

==See also==
*[[List of journalists killed in Europe]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Georges Wolinski}}
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/georges-wolinski-cartoonist-who-encapsulated-charlie-hebdos-confrontational-and-courageous-brand-of-satire-9966369.html Obituary] in [[The Independent]] by [[Marcus Williamson]]
*{{IMDb name|0938475|Georges Wolinski}}
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/w/wolinski_georges.htm Georges Wolinski biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
* [http://bdoubliees.com/charliemensuel/auteurs6/wolinski.htm Georges Wolinski publications in ''Charlie Mensuel''], [http://bdoubliees.com/echodessavanes/auteurs6/wolinski.htm ''L'Écho des Savanes''] and [http://bdoubliees.com/bodoi/auteurs6/wolinski.htm ''BoDoï''] BDoubliées {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-6470-BD-Wolinski-Georges.html Georges Wolinski albums] Bedetheque {{in lang|fr}}

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