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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ephraim Kishon has received more than 176,892 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Ephraim Kishon is the 1,112th most popular writer (up from 1,126th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 107th in 2019) and the 8th 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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  • 180k

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  • 60.14

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ephraim Kishon ranks 1,112 out of 5,755. Before him are Lao She, Harry Harrison, Waris Dirie, Virginia Henderson, Dionysius Thrax, and B. H. Liddell Hart. After him are Michael Connelly, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Lin Yutang, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Meng Haoran, and Joan Fuster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Ephraim Kishon ranks 62. Before him are Eduardo Chillida, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Rosamunde Pilcher, Hermann Buhl, Roberts Blossom, and Roza Shanina. After him are Antony Hewish, Michel Tournier, Raj Kapoor, Ante Marković, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, and André Franquin. Among people deceased in 2005, Ephraim Kishon ranks 50. Before him are Hunter S. Thompson, Wim Duisenberg, Peter Benenson, Mary Jackson, Consuelo Velázquez, and Akira Yoshizawa. After him are Rosemary Kennedy, Emmanuelle Arsan, John DeLorean, Barbara Bel Geddes, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, and William Westmoreland.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ephraim Kishon ranks 115 out of 866. Before him are George Pólya (1887), Stephen IV of Hungary (1133), Gyula Grosics (1926), Archduke Joseph August of Austria (1872), Cornel Wilde (1912), and Saint Emeric of Hungary (1000). After him are John Harsanyi (1920), István Tisza (1861), George II Rákóczi (1621), Peter Lorre (1904), Bayan I (600), and Judit Polgár (1976).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ephraim Kishon ranks 8. Before him are Imre Kertész (1929), Ágota Kristóf (1935), Sándor Petőfi (1823), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Arthur Koestler (1905), and Felix Salten (1869). After him are Max Nordau (1849), Magda Szabó (1917), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Béla Balázs (1884), Péter Nádas (1942), and Miklós Zrínyi (1620).

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