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- After 1945 he changed his surname from Hoffmann to Kishont to disguise his Jewish heritage and returned to Hungary to study art and publish humorous plays. He immigrated to Israel in 1949 to escape the Communist regime, and an immigration officer gave him the name Ephraim Kishon.
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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.
Jan 29, 2018 · “That’s not a real name,” said the clerk, and dubbed the new arrival Ephraim Kishon, the latter being the name of a nearby river. Despite his new Hebracized name, Kishon spoke not a word of...
Feb 1, 2005 · Best-selling humorist Ephraim Kishon, a Holocaust survivor who captured Israel’s foibles in biting satires, has died. He was 80. Kishon, who won the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement in...
Ephraim Kishon (1924-2005), one of Israel’s best-loved writers abroad, was born in Hungary. He studied sculpture and painting and later wrote for the Hungarian stage as well as publishing humorous essays. He immigrated to Israel in 1949 and started publishing in Hebrew two years later. The feature films, Sallah Shabati and Blaumilch Canal, which he
In Israel, acquiring a mastery of Hebrew with remarkable speed, Kishon started a regular satirical column in the easy-Hebrew daily publication, HaOmer, just after two years in the country. From 1952, for over thirty years, he wrote the column “Chad Gadya” in the daily paper Ma’ariv.
Overview. Ephraim Kishon. (b. 1924) Quick Reference. (b. Budapest, 23 Aug. 1924) Playwright, journalist and theatre and film director. He survived the Holocaust and came to Israel in 1949, rapidly mastering Hebrew to become a leading Israeli ... From: Kishon, Ephraim in The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre »
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.
