Hanoch Piven

Hanoch Piven was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1963, and came to Israel at the age of eleven. An artist, editorial caricaturist and illustrator of children's books, Piven studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Over the last 20 years, his colorful and witty illustrations have appeared on both sides of the Atlantic – in Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, the London Times and the Swiss Die WeltWoche, to name but a few. In Israel, Piven has gained great visibility due to his long collaboration with the daily Haaretz and the animated TV series he has developed. Piven has received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators of New York (1994), the Society of Publication Designers' Silver Medal, and the Parents Choice Gold Award for "Faces iMake" (an Ipad App). His book What Presidents Are Made Of was elected one of the 10 Best Children’s Books of 2004 by Time Magazine. Piven lives in Jaffa and Barcelona.


See also Hanoch Piven's website: http://www.pivenworld.com/
Hanoch Piven - Self portrait

Books Published in Hebrew

Piven: Works 1990-1999 [with Haim Beʹer & Tal Niv], Am Oved, 1999 [Piven: Avodot 1990-1999]
Purple Feather (children-picture bk) , Am Oved, 2000 [Notza Sgula]
Piven in America [Hebrew & English], Am Oved, 2002 [Piven Be-Amerika]
Puff and Paff [with Narda Ben Yaakov] (children-picture bk), Am Oved, 2004 [Puff U-Paff]
What Athletes Are Made Of [with Sarah L. Thompson], Am Oved, Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2006 [Alufim!]
My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks: And Other Funny Family Portraits (children-picture bk), Am Oved, 2007 [Ha-Kelev Sheli Meriach Kmo Gerev Masriach: U-Shʹar Bney Mishpachti Ha-Meshunim]
Creating with Piven: A Workshop Book, Am Oved, 2011 [Yotzrim Im Piven: Sefer Sadna]
Glove Story (children-picture bk) , Am Oved, 2017 [Kfafa Achat Vruda]

Books in Translation

English: (adapted by Rachel Tzvia Back), Boston, MA, Little, Brown, 2002
Spanish: Mexico, Leetra, 2015
Korean: Seoul, Neungyule Education Inc., 2016
Faces by Hanoch Piven: 78 Portraits from Madonna to the Pope 
English: (Intro: Steve Brodner), San Francisco, Pomegranate, 2002

What Presidents Are Made Of
English: New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004

The Scary Show of Mo and Jo
English: Philadelphia, Running Press, 2005

What Athletes Are Made Of 
English: (text by Sarah L. Thomson), New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006

My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks, and Other Funny Family Portraits 
English: New York, Schwartz & Wade, 2007

What Cats Are Made Of
English: New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009

My Best Friend Is as Sharp as a Pencil, and Other Funny Classroom Portraits
English: New York, Schwartz & Wade, 2010

Lets Make Faces 
English: New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2013

Creating with Piven: A Workshop Book
Spanish: Barcelona, P.A.U. Education, 2012