Ehud Manor

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Ehud Manor
Ehud Manor

Ehud Manor (July 13, 1941April 12, 2005) was an Israeli songwriter, poet, translator and radio and TV personality.

He composed many well-known songs including Ein Li Eretz Acheret (I Have No Other Country), Brit Olam (World Covenant), BaShanah HaBaah (In The Next Year), Zo Yalduti HaShniya (This Is My Second Childhood), and Achi HaTza'ir Yehuda (My Younger Brother Jouda).

He wrote over 1,250 Hebrew compositions and translated more than 600 works into Hebrew including such Broadway hits as Cabaret and Les Misérables.

He wrote the lyrics to many Israeli Eurovision entries, including the 1978 winner Abanibi, the 1983 entry Hi (Alive), 1992 song Ze Rak Sport (It's Just Sports), the 2004 entry, Leha'amin (To Believe), which he co-wrote with David D'Or and the 2005 entry, Zman.

He was a recipient of the Israel Prize.