Etgar Keret

Quick Facts

Full Name	Etgar Keret
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Aug 20, 1967(1967-08-20)
Age	57
Birthplace	Ramat Gan
Country	Israel
Birth City	Tel Aviv District
Horoscope	Leo

Etgar Keret Biography

Etgar Keret is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on August 20, 1967 in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel. Keret is a native of Ramat Gan, Israel in 1967. He is the third son of parents that survived the Holocaust. Both parents are from Poland. He attended Ohel Shem High School and also at the Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Program for outstanding students of Tel Aviv University. His home is in Tel Aviv with his wife, Shira Geffen, and their son Lev. He is a professor of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, and at Tel Aviv University. He has the dual Israeli and Polish citizenship.

In 1993, he took home the first prize at the Alternative Theater Festival in Akko for Entebbe: A Musical, that he co-wrote with Jonathan Bar Giora.

Keret has co-authored several comic books, among them Nobody Said It Was Going to Be Fun (לא באנו ליהנות , Lo banu leihanot, 1996) with Rutu Modan and Streets of Fury (סמטאות הזעם, Simtaot Haza’am, 1997) with Asaf Hanuka. In 1999, five of his stories were translated into English, and adapted into “graphic novellas” under the joint title Jetlag. The illustrators were the five members of the Actus Tragicus collective.

In 1998, Keret published Kneller’s Happy Campers (הקייטנה של קנלר , Hakaytana Shel Kneller), a collection of short stories. The title story, the longest in the collection, follows a young man who commits suicide and goes on a quest for love in the afterlife. It appears in the English language collection of Keret’s stories The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories (2004) and was adapted into the graphic novel Pizzeria Kamikaze (2006), with illustrations by Asaf Hanuka. Keret’s latest short story collections are Anihu (אניהו , literally I-am-him, 2002; translated into English as Cheap Moon, after one of the other stories in the collection) and Pitom Defikah Ba-delet (פתאום דפיקה בדלת , translated into English as Suddenly a Knock at the Door).

The first work he published is Pipelines (TSynvrvt , Tzinorot, 1992) which was a collection of short tales that was mostly overlooked when it was released. His next book, Missing Kissinger (ggvyy lkysyng’r Ga’agu’ai Le-Kissinger 1994) A collection of 50 very small stories caught the eye from the masses. The tale “Siren”, which deals with the contradictions of modern Israeli social life is part of in the syllabus for the Israeli examination for matriculation in literature.

Etgar Keret Net Worth

Etgar Keret is one of the richest Writer from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Etgar Keret 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Etgar Keret (Hebrew: Atgr krt , born on 20 August 1967) is an Israeli writer best known as a graphic novelist, short-story writer and scriptwriting for television and film.

Keret’s style of writing is light and focuses on common language, slang and dialect. Sometimes, his stories are quite surreal and yet believable and leave you in a fascinating world that is similar to your own and where the boundaries of possibilities are constantly shifting. His work has inspired the writing of many writers of his time, as well in bringing about a resurgence in the popularity of the short story genre in Israel during the late 1990s.

The short film Malka Lev Adom (Skin Deep, 1996), which Keret wrote and directed with Ran Tal, won an Israel Film Academy award and first place in the Munich International Festival of Film Schools. The film Jellyfish, a joint venture for Keret and his wife received the Camera d’Or prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Missing Kissinger won the 2008 JQ Wingate Prize.

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Who is Etgar Keret Dating?

According to our records, Etgar Keret married to Shira Geffen. As of December 1, 2023, Etgar Keret’s is not dating anyone.

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Etgar and his wife Shira directed the 2007 film Jellyfish, based on a story written by Shira.

Facts & Trivia

Etgar Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Etgar Keret celebrates birthday on August 20 of every year.

In 2010, Keret received the Chevalier (Knight) Medallion of France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Top Facts about Etgar Keret

1. Etgar Keret is an Israeli writer born in 1967.
2. He has published over 60 short stories and books.
3. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages.
4. Keret has won numerous literary awards, including the Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters.
5. He served as a writer-in-residence at several universities, including Johns Hopkins University and Bennington College.
6. Keret also writes for film and television, with his works being adapted into movies and TV shows worldwide.
7. His writing style is characterized by humor, surrealism, and social commentary.
8. Keret’s stories often explore themes such as identity, family relationships, and the human condition.
9. He co-wrote the screenplay for the Academy Award-nominated film “Waltz with Bashir.”
10. In addition to his writing career, Keret is a lecturer on creative writing at Tel Aviv University.

What is pipes by Etgar Keret all about?

“Pipes” is a tale of a man who feels he isn’t fit for this world. He builds a pipe that leads him to a sort of heaven, populated not by people who were good (“God is too merciful and kind to make a decision like that”), but by others who feel they were not fit to live on earth.

What is Etgar Keret style?

Keret is known for a simple writing style that uses everyday language in slightly surreal stories that blur the boundaries of possibility. His popular writing ushers in a surge of Israeli short story writing in the 1990s. More than 40 short movies are made from his writings.

Where is Etgar Keret from?

Ramat Gan, Israel

What language does Etgar Keret write in?

Etgar Keret
Language| Hebrew
Nationality| Israeli / Polish
Alma mater| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Tel Aviv University

What inspired Etgar Keret to write?

Unplanned memoir The experience of his birth was so overwhelming, happening during a terrorist attack, that I couldn’t find a metaphor, so I wrote the essay. I wrote other essays that were published, but never thought of the essays as a future book until my father became ill.