Rutu Modan is an Illustrator, comics artist, and associate professor at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem.
In 2013 she cofounded an independent publishing house specialising in comics for young children..
Modan\'s comics and children\'s books have been translated into 15 languages.
Her 2013 graphic novel The Property won the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel, the Special Jury Prize in the International Comics Festival in Angouleme, France, and the first prize for best book of the year in Lucca Comics & Games Festival, Italy.
In 2008 her book Exit Wounds won the Eisner Award.
After publishing several comic strips in the Israeli media, Modan co-founded the Actus Comics group.
Rutu Modan is an Illustrator, comics artist, and associate professor at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem
