Predrag Koraksić Corax (; 15 June 1933 – 16 May 2026) was a Serbian political cartoonist.

Background

Koraksić was born in Gornja Gorevnica, near Čačak, on 15 June 1933. His parents were Stojan and Zorka (née Borić), who were teachers. His father, who was also one of the Partisan Movement leaders, was killed during World War II by Chetniks in 1941. Corax spent four years as a refugee. Afterwards, Corax worked for Večernje novosti, from which he was expelled after the court process in 1993.

Cartoons

Corax's cartoons are humorous accounts of contemporary, mostly Serbian, political events. He rarely uses any written text in his cartoons, but relies on caricatures of politicians for the message to be self-explanatory. His strips are currently being published frequently by Serbian newspaper Danas.

He was a prominent cartoonist in Serbia, as his cartoons are published in well known publications and his style is easily recognized. He also published several books, among which are: the "Past Continuous Tense" () and the "Phenomenon of Rusty Spoon" (), covering political life in Serbia from 1990 to 2016 in caricatures form. For his works he said that throughout his career: "(he) took care that the caricature should not offend anyone, not to be excessive, not to insult, but to be ridicule, irony, that a person laughs". Commenting on inspiration for making cartoons about politicians, he said: "I've been always driven mad by arrogance, which is actually a dominant characteristic of those people, ruthlessness, lies, deceit... and especially nationalism." From time to time, political leaders have also tried to censor his work following the provocative cartoons aimed at them, by replacing main editors in newspapers where he worked or by cancelling his art exhibitions in public libraries without proper explanation.

Awards

In October 2004, he was awarded the French Légion d'honneur.

References

  • Corax works at pescanik.net
  • Corax books at delfi.rs