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Ephraim Kishon
1924 – 2005
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryEphraim Kishon was a Hungarian-born Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated film director. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Israel in 1949, he became the young state's leading satirist, writing a daily satirical column, "Chad Gadya", in the newspaper Maariv for about 30 years and publishing dozens of books, many translated into 37 languages.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 23, 1924
Budapest
Date of death
January 29, 2005
Appenzell
Citizenship
Israel
Occupations & fields
writerplaywrightopinion journalistfilm directorscreenwritersculptor
Awards & honours
Israel PrizeOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyBialik PrizeOrden wider den tierischen ErnstGolden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language FilmSokolov Award
- Field and occupation
- izraelský spisovateľ, dramatik, scenárista a filmový režisér (1924 – 2005)
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