Ken Krimstein

Ken Krimstein is an American author and lecturer.[1] He works as a cartoonist in The New Yorker, where he has been publishing cartoons since 2011. Krimstein has published in Forbes Magazine,[2] Forward,[3] The New York Observer,[4] among others, and has authored two books: Kvetch as Kvetch Can: Jewish Cartoons (2010) and The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt [5] (2018). In addition to his work as a writer and cartoonist, Krimstein is an advertising creative director and teaches at DePaul University,[6] The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.[7]

The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt

Ken Krimstein published a graphic biography about the turbulent and prolific life of German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt with Bloomsbury. Since its release in September 2018, the book received high praise and critical acclaim: Forbes and The Comics Journal selected it as one of the best graphic novels of 2018[8][9] and it was one of the finalists of the 2018 National Jewish Book Award.[10] The book was featured in other media outlets such as The Guardian,[11][12] the Chicago Reader,[13] The New York Times[14] and PEN American.[15]

References
  1. Chicago Humanities Festival, Graphic Memoirs of Hannah Arendt, retrieved 2019-01-27
  2. Krimstein, Ken. "Tips for the Ad World" Check |url= value (help). Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. "Ken Krimstein in Forward".
  4. "Ken Krimstein". Observer. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  5. "The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  6. "Ken Krimstein | Faculty A-Z | Faculty & Staff | College of Communication | DePaul University, Chicago". communication.depaul.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  7. "[WP2019] Just How "Jewish" is Cartooning?". YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  8. Salkowitz, Rob. "The Best Graphic Novels Of 2018". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  9. "The Best Comics of 2018 | The Comics Journal". Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  10. "2018 National Jewish Book Award Winners and Finalists". www.jewishbookcouncil.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  11. Cooke, Rachel (2018-09-30). "A graphic history of the rise of the Nazis". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  12. Cain, Presented by Sian; Armitstead, Claire; Tresilian, Richard Lea Produced by Susannah (2018-11-27). "The art of biography, with Diarmaid MacCulloch and Ken Krimstein – books podcast". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  13. Gronvall, Andrea. "The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt tells the story of the philosopher's life and thoughts in pictures". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  14. "The New York Times Books". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  15. "PEN Out Loud: Visual Disobedience". PEN America. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
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