Ehud Manor

Ehud Manor

Ehud Manor's tomb
Born Ehud Weiner
July 13, 1941
Binyamina
Died April 12, 2005 (aged 63)
Citizenship Israeli
Occupation Songwriter, translator, and radio and TV personality
Awards 1998 Israel Prize

Ehud Manor (Hebrew: אהוד מנור; born Ehud Weiner, July 13, 1941; died April 12, 2005) was an Israeli songwriter, translator, and radio and TV personality.

Biography

Ehud Weiner (later Manor) was born in Binyamina. He had two brothers, Zvi and Yehuda. He was married to actress Ofra Fuchs for 40 years; together, they had three children: Gali, Libby and Yehuda (Yadi), who was named after Manor's late brother.[1]

Music and songwriting career

Ehud Manor began working for Israel radio in the 1960s, as a musical editor. He changed his surname to Manor as it was customary at the time for radio announcers to adopt Hebrew names.[1]

During his career, he wrote over 1,250 Hebrew songs, including "Ein Li Eretz Acheret" (I Have No Other Country), "Brit Olam" (World Covenant), "BaShanah HaBa'ah" (Next Year) which became an international standard, "Zo Yalduti HaShniya" (This Is My Second Childhood), and "Achi HaTza'ir Yehuda" (My Younger Brother Yehuda). The latter was written in memory of his brother, who was killed during his military service in 1968.[2]

He wrote the lyrics to many Israeli Eurovision entries, including the 1978 winner "Abanibi", the 1975 entry "At Va'Ani (You and Me)" with its singer Shlomo Artzi, the 1983 entry "Khay" (Alive), the 1992 song "Ze Rak Sport" (It's Just Sports), the 2004 entry, "Leha'amin" ("To Believe"; which he co-wrote with David D'Or),[3] and the 2005 entry, "Zman".

Literary career

Also a successful translator, Manor translated more than 600 works into Hebrew, including such Broadway hits as Cabaret and Les Misérables. In addition, he translated Barney songs into Hebrew for the Israeli coproduction "HaChaverim Shel Barney".[4]

Awards and recognition

In 1998, Manor was awarded the Israel Prize for Hebrew song.[5] The prize committee noted that "For the past 30 years, he has expressed our mood through the hundreds of songs he has written together with the finest composers. The man who declared that he had no other country is the laureate of the Israel Prize."[6]

Shortly before he died, Manor was chosen to receive an honorary doctorate from Bar-Ilan University in recognition of his prolific activity in the field of Hebrew music.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ehud Manor 1941–2005".
  2. ↑ Obituary: Ehud Manor – Leading Israeli songwriter behind Eurovision win accessed August 4, 2010
  3. ↑ Nili Design (December 22, 2009). "David Deor – Discography- LeHaamin – To Believe". Daviddor.com. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ Zacharia, Janine (December 25, 1997) [1997], "Why Barney Doesn't Wear a Yarmulke", The Jerusalem Report
  5. ↑ "Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1998 (in Hebrew)".
  6. ↑ ".". Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  7. ↑ ".". Retrieved August 31, 2011.

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