Raquel Orzuj

Raquel Orzuj (January 30, 1939 - October 3, 2018) was a Uruguayan artist, cultural journalist, and film director known for her humorous cartoons. She signed her work as "ms. orzuj."

Life Raquel Orzuj was born on January 30, 1939, in Montevideo, Uruguay. She was Jewish and her father, Moisés Orzuj, was an immigrant from Lithuania who founded the Yiddish-language newspaper Folksblat.

She studied at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, the Instituto de Profesores Artigas, and the Taller Torres García art school under Joaquín Torres García.

Orzuj began working as an editor at the WittyWorld international cartoon magazine in 1988.

Her work has been exhibited at museums in Uruguay, Spain, the United States, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Germany, South Korea, and many others.

Documentaries

Resplandor de la memoria, directed by Mateo Etchegoyhen

Awards and nominations (selected)

Gran Premio Nacional De Pintura El Azahar- Uruguay Primer Premio Municipal De Pintura 26 International Art and Humor Awards (IDB Finalist Winner-Usa-2005 and Golden Helmet–Prize, 2003)