Etgar Keret: Best-selling Israeli Writer & Filmmaker

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Partner:: Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
Location:: Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
Washington, D.C.
Event Date:: 04.07.10
Speakers:: Franklin Foer,; Etgar Keret
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Summary: "Etgar Keret is a genius..." says the New York Times. Hailed as the voice of young Israel and one of its most radical and extraordinary writers, Keret is internationally acclaimed for his short stories, graphic novels, and writing for film and television.

The Girl on the Fridge, The Nimrod Flip-Out, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God, Missing Kissinger, Gaza Blues, and Kneller's Happy Campers. More than forty short movies have been based on his stories. As a filmmaker, he directed Jellyfish -- written by his wife -- which won the Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Keret's screenplay for Skin Deep was awarded the Israeli Oscar.

Keret speaks with Frank Foer, Editor of The New Republic, about moving between literature and film, the process of translation, and the differences between Israeli humor and American Jewish humor.

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Franklin Foer

Franklin Foer is an American political journalist and the editor of The New Republic.

Foer graduated from Columbia in 1996. Before joining The New Republic, Foer was a frequent contributor to the online magazine Slate.

His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Spin, U.S. News & World Report, Lingua Franca, The Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, New York and Foreign Policy. In 2004 he published his first book, How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization.

Etgar Keret

Hailed as the voice of young Israel and one of its most radical and extraordinary writers, Keret is internationally acclaimed for his short stories, graphic novels, and writing for film and television. His books include The Girl on the Fridge, The Nimrod Flip-Out, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God, Missing Kissinger, Gaza Blues, and Kneller's Happy Campers. More than forty short movies have been based on his stories. As a filmmaker, he directed Jellyfish -- written by his wife -- which won the Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Keret's screenplay for Skin Deep was awarded the Israeli Oscar.