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Ark van Noach, toeristenklasse
Met Ark van Noach veroverde Israëls nationale humorist nummer één zich in Nederland snel een ruime lezerskring. Deze afschieter van ironische pijlen op de zwakheden van zijn geliefde, omstreden, kleine vaderland, behoort tot de kleine top van satiristen die de mensen weten te verzoenen met haar zwakheid, gebreken en zelfvoldaanheden.
Bevat 37 verhalen.
Bevat 37 verhalen.
178 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1962
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Ephraim Kishon
267 books163 followersEphraim 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 Sobibor death camp in Poland, and hid the remainder of the war disguised as "Stanko Andras", a Slovakian laborer.
After 1945 he changed his surname from Hoffmann to Kishont to disguise his Jewish heritage and returned to Hungary to study art and publish humorous plays. He immigrated to Israel in 1949 to escape the Communist regime, and an immigration officer gave him the name Ephraim Kishon.
His first marriage, in 1946 to Eva (Chawa) Klamer, ended in divorce. In 1959, he married his second wife Sara (née Lipovitz), who died in 2002. In 2003, he married the Austrian writer Lisa Witasek. He had three children: Raphael (b. 1957), Amir (b. 1963), and Renana (b. 1968).
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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 Sobibor death camp in Poland, and hid the remainder of the war disguised as "Stanko Andras", a Slovakian laborer.
After 1945 he changed his surname from Hoffmann to Kishont to disguise his Jewish heritage and returned to Hungary to study art and publish humorous plays. He immigrated to Israel in 1949 to escape the Communist regime, and an immigration officer gave him the name Ephraim Kishon.
His first marriage, in 1946 to Eva (Chawa) Klamer, ended in divorce. In 1959, he married his second wife Sara (née Lipovitz), who died in 2002. In 2003, he married the Austrian writer Lisa Witasek. He had three children: Raphael (b. 1957), Amir (b. 1963), and Renana (b. 1968).
Bulgarian Profile.
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March 7, 2017
Ephraim Kishon ist einfach der Gute-Laune-Meister, mein Vademecum für schwierige Zeiten.
December 3, 2019
amusing and sometimes hilarious
November 21, 2022
Gelezen voor de Herfst 2022-uitdaging van de Netherlands & Flanders group.
Deze verhalenbundel bevat korte satirische schetsen van het dagelijks leven in Israël, variërend van erg grappig via een beetje flauw tot wat gedateerd. Omdat de verhalen zo kort waren (een paar bladzijden), was het een prima bundel om voor het slapengaan te lezen.
"De Neanderthal-pool" was een van mijn favorieten.
Deze verhalenbundel bevat korte satirische schetsen van het dagelijks leven in Israël, variërend van erg grappig via een beetje flauw tot wat gedateerd. Omdat de verhalen zo kort waren (een paar bladzijden), was het een prima bundel om voor het slapengaan te lezen.
"De Neanderthal-pool" was een van mijn favorieten.
July 13, 2014
Short story collection. Some are really funny. Probably missed some points because I have to read with a dictionary. Book is in German
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