Dan Almagor

Dan Almagor
Almagor in 2014
Native name
דן אלמגור
Born
דן אֶלְבְּלינגר Dan Elblinger

(1935-07-13) July 13, 1935
OccupationSongwriter, playwright, scholar, poet.
LanguageHebrew
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem University of California, Los Angeles
Years active1945-present
Notable worksKazablan

Dan Almagor (Hebrew: דן אלמגור; born 13 July 1935) is an Israeli playwright, songwriter/poet and scholar who has adapted and translated over a hundred plays for the Hebrew stage, including Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors", "As You Like It", "Fiddler on the Roof," "The King and I," "My Fair Lady" and "Guys and Dolls".

Almagor is also a scholar in the field of Jewish music and the history of the Hebrew language, having studied the history of Jewish music dating back to the Middle Ages.