Ephraim Kishon

Person · Open Library

Born

1924-08-24

Died

2005-01-29

Works

156

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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

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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>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Information Systems Success: The Quest for the Dependent Variable

   · 1992 · cited 6,118x

2. Speech enhancement using a minimum-mean square error short-time spectral amplitude estimator

   · 1984 · cited 2,649x

3. Estimating the Prevalence of Limb Loss in the United States: 2005 to 2050

   · 2008 · cited 2,313x

4. A MICROCOLORIMETRIC METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS

   · 1953 · cited 1,959x

5. Three-Dimensional Folding and Functional Organization Principles of the Drosophila Genome

   · 2012 · cited 1,873x

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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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Key dates

Born

24 August 1924

Died

29 January 2005

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Ephraim

Gender

male

Citizenship

Israel

Place of birth

Budapest

Place of death

Appenzell

Occupation

director

Languages spoken

Hebrew

Native language

Hebrew

Award

Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film