Didi Menosi Explained

Didi Menosi
דידי מנוסי
Birth Name:Didi Menosi
Birth Date:9 May 1928
Birth Place:Kibbutz Geva, Jezreel Valley, Mandatory Palestine
Death Place:Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Alma Mater:Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation:Writer, journalist, poet, lyricist, dramatist, columnist, satirist
Spouse:Tzila Menosi (1959–2013; his death)
Children:3
Years Active:1962–2000

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 85 דידי מנוסי הלך לעולמו בגיל. 20 December 2013 . . 21 December 2013. he.
  2. Web site: Prominent Israeli satirist Didi Menosi dies at 85 . 20 December 2013 . . 21 December 2013.