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The life of Ephraim Kishon (1924-2005)
Ephraim Kishon is one of the most popular writers and satirists of the world. He is most famous for his ironic but loving depictions of day to day life in Israel but has also written some cynical and cutting political- satires (for example about the Yom Kippur or the Six Day war).
He was not only an author of books - selections of short stories and novels - but wrote also scripts for theatre plays and movies (which he also directed). Additionally, he wrote a daily article for the newspaper Maariv for 30 years (starting 1952), using the pseudonym "Chad Gadja" (engl-"Lamb").
Maariv is one of the most popular newspapers of Israel.
Ephraim Kishon was born on the 23th of August 1924 in Budapest and was given the name Hoffmann Ferenc.
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