Milshtein was born in
Romania in 1934, but fled
Europe prior to the Nazi invasion in
World War II. He studied at a
Pioneers Palace in
Tbilisi from 1943 to 1944, and then moved to
Bucharest with the painter
George Ștefănescu in 1946. He left for
Israel the following year and briefly studied sculpture in
Cyprus with Asaf Ben Zvi. In 1952, he participated in the Likrat Review with
Nathan Zach and
David Avidan in order to represent poetry in
Hebrew. In 1956, Milshtein received a scholarship from the Norman Foundation, which allowed him to study in
Paris. In 1965, he published MICROCOSME, his first artistic book. In 1966, he received the
Prix de la critique for his engravings. In 1967, Milshtein wrote DOSSIER SOLANGE, his first literary work. In 1986, he became interested in Digigraphie. In 1991,
Roland Topor invited Milshtein to participate in his last
Panic Movement exhibition. In 2007, Milshtein moved to
Gleizé, in the
Rhône Department of
France Milshtein died on 4 February 2020 at the age of 85. ==References==