Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirical writer

Aug. 08, 1979 - Ephraim Kishon Celebrates his 55th Birthday on 23 August 1979: From a lot of critics Ephraim Kishon is held for a appearance, seen not since a long time: A direct positive satirist. He does a difficult trick: He sneers about the State of Israel of today on that manner, you'd like to emigrate there. The Israeli Kishon canvasses for his adopted country better than many well-meaning politicians. About himself the first worldwide well known humorist from Israel says: Born on 23 August 1924 near Budapest, Hungary, new born in Israel 1949. To many schools, to many labour camps: Hungarian, German, Russian. Married. Three children. Six stage-plays, played not only in Israel but also in Germany and Japan and a lot of other countries. Books in altogether 16 languages. Ephraim Kishon writes satirical pieces regularly for the well known Israeli paper Ma'ariv under the title Had Gadya'. He loves to write plays and his hobby is to make films. He lives in Tel Aviv as a free writer, before he was in a Kibbutz as a locksmith, mechanic and other jobs. His works include The Seasick Whale and An Israeli went on travelling (1965), The Fox in the Chicken Coop'(1966), The Blaumilch-Canal'(1971) and No Oil, Moses?'(1974)

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