Ephraim Kishon
Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter and film director (1924-2005) · Israel · On the map · Writers · Died at 80
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.
Ephraim Kishon is read about 209 times a day, in 32 languages.
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2005Died29 January 20052002Israel PrizeAward1998Bialik PrizeAward1993Ophir Award for lifetime achievementAward1988Golden SchlitzohrAward1985Order of Karl ValentinAward1978Orden wider den tierischen ErnstAward1971Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language FilmAward1970Jabotinsky MedalAward1965Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language FilmAward1964Kinor DavidAward1958Sokolov AwardAward1924Born23 August 1924
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Shaike Ophir Ephraim directed The Policeman (1970)
Chaim Topol Ephraim directed Sallah Shabati (1964)
Gila Almagor Ephraim directed Sallah Shabati (1964)
Zaharira Harifai Ephraim directed Sallah Shabati (1964)
Arik Einstein Ephraim directed Sallah Shabati (1964)
Mosko Alkalai Also in Ervinka and The Fox in the Chicken Coop
Nitza Shaul Also in The Policeman (1971)
Michael Kausch Also in Der Trauschein (1983)
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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
About this person
Country
Israel
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2005 · aged 80
