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Ephraim Kishon (Hebrew: אפרים קישון: August 23, 1924 – January 29, 2005) was a Hungarian-born Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated film director. He was one of the most widely read contemporary satirists in Israel, and was also particularly popular in German-speaking countries.
Welcom to Ephraim Kishon Official website the home of information about kishon life and work. Kishon is one of the most popular writers and satirists of the world. You can find features news, links and photos, books, movies, plays and screenplays.
Learn about the plays of Ephraim Kishon, one of the greatest satirists in recent history. His comedies mock universal themes like love, marriage, religion, society and art, and have been performed worldwide for sixty years.
Explore the books of Ephraim Kishon, a prolific Israeli writer and humorist. Find his novels, children's books, satire, travel and more in Hebrew and 38 other languages.
Jan 29, 2005 · Ephraim Kishon (Hebrew: אפרים קישון) was an Israeli writer, satirist, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, as Ferenc Hoffmann (Hungarian Hoffmann Ferenc), Kishon studied sculpture and painting, and then began publishing humorous essays and writing for ...
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Ephraim Kishon (1924-2005) is one of the most popular writers and satirists of the world. In his satires Kishon tells the reader, with a lot of love and irony, about the »Israeli man in the street« and his fight against an all-powerful bureaucracy.
Ephraim Kishon considered one of the most famous creators in the Israeli cinema. He was nominated twice for an Oscar and won the Golden Globe three times. He wrote, directed and produced five comedy films, among them Sallah Shabati, Hashoter Azulay - The Policeman and The Dig known as the Blaumilch Canal.
