TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Winners of the 11th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial have been honored with awards in three sections of thematic, caricature, and free cartoon during a ceremony.
A total of 730 works from among 4,000 cartoons were submitted to the secretariat of the 11th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial which wrapped up on December 15.
The names of the winners:
Thematic Cartoon
Grand Prize: Sajjad Rafei - Iran
First Prize: Toso Borkovic - Serbia
Second Prize: Shahram Rezaei - Iran
Third Prize: Mikhail Zlatkovsky - Russia
Grand Prize: Sajjad Rafei - Iran
Caricature
First Prize: Bruno Hamzagic - Brazil
Second Prize: Amin Torabi - Iran
Third Prize: Aref Niazi - Iran
First Prize: Bruno Hamzagic - Brazil
Free Cartoon
First Prize: Mahnaz Yazdani - Iran
Second Prize: Josef Prchal - Spain
Third Prize: Klaus Pitter - Austria
First Prize: Mahnaz Yazdani - Iran
*The Grand Prize for the thematic section comprised $8000 with trophy and honorable mention.
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