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Ephraim Kishon
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Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter and film director (1924–2005)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 156
Top works
- The best of Kishon
- Nejlepší
- Kishon
- ha-Harpatkah ha-bilti gemurah
- Efroim Kishon af yidish
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Film & TV
Writing · Budapest, Hungary
Ephraim Kishon was a Hungarian-born Israeli author, playwright, and film director, renowned for his satirical works that humorously depicted Israeli society. Born as Ferenc Hoffmann in Budapest, he survived the Holocaust by escaping from a Nazi labor camp. After World War II, he immigrated to Israel in 1949, where he adopted the name Ephraim Kishon. Kishon became one of Israel's most celebrated…
Known for
- Gabi Bauer — himself2002
- Alpha Forum — Self1998
- Sabine Christiansen — Self1998
- Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self1995
- Versteckte Kamera — Self1995
- Boulevard Bio — Self1991
- Flitterabend — Self1988
- Wortwechsel — Self1982
- Wetten, dass..? — Self1981
- Heut' abend — Self1980
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Israel
- Active from
- 1924
- Active to
- 2005
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 749
- Total plays
- 9,767
Ephraim Kishon (Born: 23rd of August 1924 in Budapest, Ungarn; Died 29th of January 2005 in Meistersruete, Switzerland), was an israelian satirist with hungarian origins. He is considered to be one of be most important satirists of the 20th century. Lately this novells were published via CDs and therefore his works will occur in last.fm's playlists. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ephraim+Kishon">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Information Systems Success: The Quest for the Dependent Variable
· 1992 · cited 6,118x
- Speech enhancement using a minimum-mean square error short-time spectral amplitude estimator
· 1984 · cited 2,649x
- Estimating the Prevalence of Limb Loss in the United States: 2005 to 2050
· 2008 · cited 2,313x
- A MICROCOLORIMETRIC METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS
· 1953 · cited 1,959x
- Three-Dimensional Folding and Functional Organization Principles of the Drosophila Genome
· 2012 · cited 1,873x
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Quotes
- “- Driver: "How many kids do you have ?" - Sallah: "Six." - Driver: "It says here that you have seven." - Sallah: "Seven ?" [counting] "OK, seven kids." (from Sallah Shabati)”
- “"If you start looking like vour passport photo, it's high time you went abroad."”
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Key facts
- Born
- Ferenc Hoffmann , ( 1924-08-23 ) 23 August 1924, Budapest , Hungary
- Died
- 29 January 2005 (2005-01-29) (aged 80), Appenzell , Switzerland
- Occupations
- Film director novelist playwright screenwriter columnist satirist
- Years active
- 1945–2005
- Spouse s
- Eva Klamer ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1946 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1958 ) , Sara Kishon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1959 ; died 2002 ) , Lisa Witasek ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2003 )
- Awards
- Israel Prize (2002)
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Official website
Ephraim Kishon
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ephraimkishon.de/en/Kishon.htm
- Image
- PikiWiki Israel 50218 ephraim kishon .jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Ephraim Kishon
- date of birth
- 1924-08-24
- date of death
- 2005-01-29
- name in native language
- אפרים קישון
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- birth name
- Hofmann Ferenc
- pseudonym
- Kishont Ferenc
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Ephraim Kishon (Hebrew: אפרים קישון; 23 August 1924 – 29 January 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.
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