Ephraim Kishon

{{Audio|He-Efraim_Kishon.ogg|Ephraim Kishon}} (Hebrew:????? ?????) (August 23, 1924 – January 29, 2005) was an Israeli satirist, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director.

Writing

Collections of his humourous writings have appeared in Hebrew and in translation, the English translations including Look Back Mrs. Lot (1960), Noah's Ark, Tourist Class (1962), The Seasick Whale (1965), and two books on the Six-Day War and its aftermath, So Sorry We Won (1967), and Woe to the Victors (1969). Two collections of his plays have also appeared in Hebrew, Shemo Holekh Lefanav (1953) and Ma´arkhonim (1959).

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His works have been translated into 37 languages and by far the most were sold in Germany. Kishon rejected the idea of universal guilt for the Holocaust and had many friends in Germany. Kishon said ?It gives me great satisfaction to see the grandchildren of my executioners queueing up to buy my books.? Friedrich Torberg was his congenial translator to German, until he died in 1979; thereafter Kishon himself wrote in German.

Related Topics:
Germany - Holocaust - Friedrich Torberg

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