Etgar Keret





Etgar Keret

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in Ramat Gan, Israel
August 20, 1967

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Etgar Keret is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television.

Keret has received the Prime Minister's award for literature, as well as the Ministry of Culture's Cinema Prize. 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. In 2010, Keret received the Chevalier (Knight) Medallion of France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.


Average rating: 4.01 · 8,684 ratings · 1,064 reviews · 32 distinct works · Similar authors
The Nimrod Flipout: Stories
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 2,113 ratings — published 2002 — 20 editions
The Bus Driver Who Wanted t...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 1,949 ratings — published 2001 — 16 editions
The Girl on the Fridge
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,438 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,337 ratings — published 2010 — 22 editions
Kneller's Happy Campers
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 520 ratings — published 1998
Missing Kissinger
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions
Gaza Blues
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions
Jetlag
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
Rury
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions
Four Stories
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2010
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“It's amazing how people can sound like retards when they're talking to their girlfriend, especially if they really love her a lot. Because when you're just fucking someone you make a point of keeping your cool, but when you're really in love - it can sound pretty repulsive.”
Etgar Keret, The Nimrod Flipout: Stories

“There are two kinds of people, those who like to sleep next to the wall, and those who like to sleep next to the people who push them off the bed.”
Etgar Keret, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and Other Stories

“For three months,
a person sits and looks at you,
imagining a kiss.”
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