Racim Benyahia

Benyahia Racim Bey (Arabic: بن يحيى رسيم باي‎; Born in Constantine, Algeria, in 1987) is an Algerian digital illustrator and cartoonist.[1]

Racim Bey Benyahia
Born (1987-11-01) 1 November 1987
Constantine, Algeria
Known forDigital illustration, cartoonism

Racim Benyahia is the winner of the 1st Prize for the Best Poster at the 5th International Festival of Comics of Algeria (2012).[1][2][3]

He was also awarded the 3rd Prize at the 4th version of the same international festival in 2011.[4]

"Constantine 1836"

In 2017, at the "Maghreb des Livres"[5] in Paris, an event of which he designed the official poster,[6] Racim Benyahia presented his first comic book, "Constantine 1836" (Dalimen Editions, 2016), illustrating the first Battle of Constantine in 1836 featuring the resistance of Ahmed Bey against the colonial armies led by the Maréchal Clausel.[7][8] The author insisted on the fact that although he added a personal touch, he remained as "faithful" as possible to the historical records related to this major battle in French-Algerian history.[9]

Artistic background and family ties

He is the son of Algerian artist Ahmed Benyahia, and nephew of Algerian French artist Samta Benyahia.[1]

References
  1. Nouri Nesrouche (19 December 2012). "Racim Benyahia: La BD dans la peau". El Watan.
  2. Meriem Benslama (16 September 2012). "Dessine-moi mon Histoire !". Algerie News. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013.
  3. O. Hind (15 September 2012). "50 jours de formation BD, 5 albums nouveaux". L'Expression.
  4. Merouane Mokdad (2 November 2011). "Alger, bulles sans frontières". Tout sur l'Algérie.
  5. "Alger, L'Algérie à l'honneur du salon Maghreb des Livres à Paris". Coup de Soleil. 13 March 2017.
  6. "23ème Maghreb des livres". IREMAM. 19 February 2017.
  7. Nouri Nesrouche (22 February 2017). "23e Maghreb des livres". El Watan.
  8. Jules Crétois (17 February 2017). "Alger, L'Algérie à l'honneur du salon Maghreb des Livres à Paris". Jeune Afrique.
  9. Mélanie Matarese (5 August 2016). "Racim Benyahia. Auteur et dessinateur de Constantine 1836: Je suis resté fidèle aux écrits et aux récits de la première bataille". El Watan.
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