Name Jacques Ovadia | ||
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Jacques Ovadia (France 1917- Israel 2002) was an Israeli Journalist, writer and poet, who was a member of the Situationist International.
He lived in Tel Aviv and in 1960 he was the sole agent for Situationist publications in Israel.
He wrote:
Jacques Ovadia also known with his worldwide cultural connections. He was one of the few who managed a remarkable correspondence with the French writer Louis Ferdinand Celine (see Le nouvelobs issue num' 1409 November 1991, page 145-146 ). Jacques Ovadia as a poet, writer and journalist, held a special personal relation with many French artists. His artist friends, use his writing talent to draft their various art catalogs. In return for his assistance, he was able to build his modest art collection, it has, among other, works by leading artists of the Parisian school of the 20th century, artists such as, Dali, Kandinsky, Chagall and others.
He appeared in the film Terre Brulante (1984).