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Ephraim Kishon
Ephraim Kishon 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.
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culture · Israeli author and filmmaker (1924–2005) · writer · playwright · opinion journalist · film director · screenwriter · sculptor · journalist · actor · art historian · theatre manager · also Ephraim Kishon, Ferenc Hoffmann, Kishon
Born 23 August 1924 · Died 29 January 2005 · Q167429
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2026· 1 entry
2005· 4 entries
The Washington Post: Ephraim Kishon Dies
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The Independent: Ephraim Kishon
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Died 2005-01-29.
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At his home in Switzerland at the age of 80 following a cardiac arrest
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2003· 1 entry
Married the Austrian writer Lisa Witasek
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Israel Prize (2002).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Bialik Prize (1998).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Ophir Award for lifetime achievement (1993).
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1990· 1 entry
German chess computer manufacturer Hegener & Glaser together with Fidelity produced the Kishon Chesster, a chess computer distinguished by the spoken comments it would make during a game
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1988· 1 entry
Won Golden Schlitzohr (1988).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Karl Valentin (1985).
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1981· 1 entry
Kishon established a second home in the rural Swiss canton of Appenzell as he felt unwelcome in Israel due to his status as an immigrant
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1979· 1 entry
Friedrich Torberg translated his work into German
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Orden wider den tierischen Ernst (1978).
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1971· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film for The Policeman (1971).
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1970· 1 entry
Won Jabotinsky Medal (1970).
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1965· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film for Sallah Shabati (1965).
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Kinor David (1964).
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1959· 1 entry
Married Sara (née Lipovitz), who died in 2002
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1958· 1 entry
Awarded Sokolov Award (1958).
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1952· 1 entry
Kishon began writing a regular satirical column called "Had Gadya" ("One Young Goat" in Aramaic, taken from the Passover Seder liturgy) in the daily Hebrew tabloid "Ma'ariv"
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1951· 1 entry
Kishon began writing a satirical column in the easy-Hebrew daily, Omer, after only two years in the country
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1949· 2 entries
Career landmark: Aliyah.
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Immigrated to the newly founded state of Israel, together with his first wife Eva (Chawa) Klamer, to escape the Communist regime
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1948· 1 entry
Completed his studies in metal sculpturing and art history and began publishing humorous articles under the name Franz Kishunt
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1945· 1 entry
Changed his surname from Hoffmann to Kishont and returned to Hungary, where he continued to study art and writing
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1940· 1 entry
Won his first prize for writing a novel for high school students
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1924· 2 entries
By the name of Ferenc Hoffmann into a middle-class Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary
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Born 1924-08-23.
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