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.
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Drawing of Kishon by Chaim Topol
Kishon talking with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 1992
Kishon at the Aachen carnival in West Germany, 1978![Ephraim Kishon at a simultaneous game of chess by Vladimir Kramnik, Dortmund 2001, left at the back of Kishon the President of the German Chess Federation (Alfred Schlya [de]).](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Ephraim_Kishon_2001_Dortmund.jpg)
Ephraim Kishon at a simultaneous game of chess by Vladimir Kramnik, Dortmund 2001, left at the back of Kishon the President of the German Chess Federation (Alfred Schlya [de]).
![A package arrived! [he], a board game made to poke fun at the extreme, Kafkaesque bureaucracy one can encounter in Israel.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%94.jpg/1280px-%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%94.jpg)
A package arrived! [he], a board game made to poke fun at the extreme, Kafkaesque bureaucracy one can encounter in Israel.Awards 12
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About this person
Country
IsraelCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2005 · aged 80
Written about in
28 languages
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