Ephraim Kishon Copyrights

Ephraim Kishon is one of the most popular and most widely read contemporary satirical authors in the world. Kishon work spans many art forms; he was a writer, satirist, dramatist, screenwriter, and film Director. He is considered one of Israel’s premier film directors, winning three Golden Globe awards, and being nominated twice for the Oscars. He is 2002 Israel Prize laureate. His Books, plays and films have spread his fame all over the world and made him a leading exponent of his country’s artistic revival. Kishon has written over 50 books, satires, novels and plays mainly in the Hebrew language. His books, like “Look Back, Mrs. Lot”, “So sorry, we won”, “New York sin’t America” and “My Family – Right or wrong” and many more have translated to over 37 languages, and have been sold in 50 millino copies. Being a bestseller in many countries including Israel, Germany, France, Hungary and Korea. “Kishon`s family stories” is his best-sold title worldwide and the most sold book in the Hebrew language after the bible. He is probably the world’s most published satirical writer and “one of the cultrual gigants of our generation” (Ariel Sharon).