# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ephraim-kishon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:15:41.589Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ephraim-kishon"
name: "Ephraim Kishon"
slug: "ephraim-kishon"
description: "Ephraim Kishon 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."
tagline: "Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter and film director (1924–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PikiWiki_Israel_50218_ephraim_kishon_.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-08-23"
deathDate: "2005-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.233856
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  240
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457246/"
    handle:    "nm0457246"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ephraimkishon.de/en/Kishon.htm"
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    title: "Discogs"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump