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Ephraim Kishon

1924 - 2005

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Ephraim Kishon (Hebrew: אפרים קישון; August 23, 1924 – January 29, 2005) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ephraim Kishon is the 1,276th most popular writer (down from 1,180th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 130th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Ephraim Kishon was a writer, satirist, and filmmaker who was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is most famous for his satirical novels and films.

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Among writers, Ephraim Kishon ranks 1,276 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikolaus Lenau, Gottfried Benn, Anton Praetorius, Saint Gall, Nathalie Sarraute, and Bāṇabhaṭṭa. After him are Alfred Thayer Mahan, Ivan Gundulić, Theodor Storm, Hugo Gernsback, Nadezhda Mandelstam, and Ellen Key.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Ephraim Kishon ranks 79. Before him are John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Tomiichi Murayama, Moktar Ould Daddah, Black Dahlia, and Torsten Wiesel. After him are Sabu Dastagir, David Bronstein, Kenneth Waltz, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Roza Shanina, and Sverre Fehn. Among people deceased in 2005, Ephraim Kishon ranks 58. Before him are Ahmed Deedat, Victoria de los Ángeles, Robert Sheckley, Ibrahim Ferrer, Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, and Wim Duisenberg. After him are Carlo Maria Giulini, Arman, Emmanuelle Arsan, Urie Bronfenbrenner, George Dantzig, and William Westmoreland.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ephraim Kishon ranks 150 out of 1,077. Before him are Max Nordau (1849), András Schiff (1953), Piali Pasha (1515), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1831), and Brassaï (1899). After him are Marcel Grossmann (1878), Yolanda of Poland (1235), György Sárosi (1912), Béla Miklós (1890), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), and Hans Richter (1843).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ephraim Kishon ranks 13. Before him are Ferenc Molnár (1878), Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Emma Orczy (1865), Max Nordau (1849), and Nikolaus Lenau (1802). After him are Péter Nádas (1942), Béla Balázs (1884), Rosika Schwimmer (1877), Magda Szabó (1917), Hannah Szenes (1921), and Attila József (1905).

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