Didi Menosi

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Didi Menosi
דידי מנוסי
Didi Menosi on 1961. Boris Carmi, Meitar collection, National Library of Israel
Born
Didi Menosi

(1928-05-09)9 May 1928
Died20 December 2013(2013-12-20) (aged 85)
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, poet, lyricist, dramatist, columnist, satirist
Years active1962–2000
SpouseTzila Menosi (1959–2013; his death)
Children3

Didi Menosi (Hebrew: דידי מנוסי; 9 May 1928 – 20 December 2013) was an Israeli writer, journalist, poet, lyricist, dramatist, columnist and satirist.

Menosi was born on Kibbutz Geva in the Jezreel Valley, at the time Mandatory Palestine. He studied literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1962 to 2000, his rhyming satirical column dealing with current events was published each week in the mass-circulation newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.[1]

In 2006, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Didi Menosi died on the morning of 20 December 2013, aged 85, at his home in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel. He was survived by his wife of 54 years, Tzila Menosi, and three children.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "85 דידי מנוסי הלך לעולמו בגיל". NRG Maariv (in Hebrew). 20 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Prominent Israeli satirist Didi Menosi dies at 85". Haaretz. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.