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Kimon Evan MarengoKimon Evan Marengo (1907-1988), better known for his pen name Kem, was an Egyptian-born British cartoonist. Kimon Evan Marengo was born in 1907 into the Greek community in Alexandria, Egypt. In his childhood he produced his own satirical hobby magazine. In 1929 he went to study at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques and graduated 1931. He began to drew cartoons for newspapers, including Le Canard Enchaine, Le Petit Parisien, the Daily Herald and ''the Daily Telegraph. Marengo joined the Oxford University in 1939 but when the World War II erupted, joined the Ministry of Information and drew 3.000 propaganda posters and leaflets and political cartoons in various languages, including three dialects of Arabic and Persian. This included British propaganda effort to get support of Persians. He wrote eight books. He was also involved with the Political Warfare Executive in the French and North African and later Middle East matters. After the war Marengo went back to his studies in Oxford and graduated at the end of 1946 due to accelerated BA programme. His eventual thesis was The Cartoon as a Political Weapon in England: 1783-1832. Kimon Evan Marengo died in 1988. Marengo, Kimon Evan Marengo, Kimon Evan Marengo, Kimon Evan
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