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Ephraim Kishon


Born
in Budapest, Hungary
August 23, 1924

Died
January 29, 2005

Genre
Humor and Comedy


Ephraim Kishon (Hebrew: אפרים קישון‎) was an Israeli writer, satirist, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director.

Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, as Ferenc Hoffmann (Hungarian Hoffmann Ferenc), Kishon studied sculpture and painting, and then began publishing humorous essays and writing for the stage.

During World War II the Nazis imprisoned him in several concentration camps. At one camp his chess talent helped him survive as the camp commandant was looking for an opponent. In another camp the Germans lined up the inmates shooting every tenth person, passing him by. He later wrote in his book The Scapegoat, "They made a mistake—they left one satirist alive." He managed to escape while being transported to the Sob ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 6,952 ratings · 324 reviews · 266 distinct works • Similar authors
My Family Right or Wrong
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Seasick Whale: An Israeli A...
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Unfair to Goliath
4.22 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 1967 — 28 editions
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Drehn Sie sich um, Frau Lot...
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Mein Kamm. Satirischer Roman.
4.04 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions
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...und die beste Ehefrau vo...
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Das Kamel im Nadelöhr
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Der Fuchs Im Hühnerstall
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Arche Noah, Touristenklasse...
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“Prođimo redom sve vrste zadovoljstava što ih takvo putovanje pruža. Putuješ li sa ženom?
- Da.
- Znači, jedno zadovoljstvo manje.
Ostaju: krajobrazí, kazališta, muzeji i obiteljski posjeti.”
― Ephraim Kishon, Seasick Whale: An Israeli Abroad
tags: putovanje, travel
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“I neka ti uvijek bude na umu da nisi ljudski stvor već samo običan turist. ne daj se zavesti izvanjskom ljubaznošću: ona ne ide tebe već tvoju lisnicu.”
― Ephraim Kishon
tags: travel, turist
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“Din oglindă mă privește figura unui om bătrân, tras la față, figura unui om care a cunoscut tortura, aceea a unui soț.”
― Ephraim Kishon, Actori, ageamii si sufleori
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