Jacques Ovadia
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[1] he was the sole agent for Situationist publications in Israel.
He wrote:
- Signal to start a Revolutionary Culture in Israel, (Situationniste Internationale #4) in which he says that "The Revolutionary conscience of Israel can only come from the land:, from the desert, from the colourful Negev; from effort".
- "If humans are formed by the circumstances, then the formation of human circumstance is of importance."
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).