Daniel (Daniil) Kluger (; 8 October 1951 – 3 April 2025) was an Israeli writer in science fiction and detective genres. He wrote in Russian.
Life and career
Daniel Kluger was born on 8 October 1951 in
Simferopol
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,
Ukrainian SSR
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(now Ukraine). He graduated from Simferopol State University as a physicist.
Kluger began to publish his works in the 1970s. He was the author of the books ''The Cruel Sun'' («Жестокое солнце», изд."Таврия", 1989), ''The Silent Guest'' («Молчаливый гость», «Текст», 1991), ''The Trap for the Sleuth'' («Западня для сыщика», «Искатель», 1998), ''Those Who Crossed the River'' («Перешедшие реку», ХАМА, 2000), as well as several detective novels, including ''Death in Caesarea'' («
Смерть в Кесарии») and ''Unpredicted Murder'' («Непредсказанное убийство»). He also wrote an essay on the history of classical detective stories, ''The Baskerville Mystery'' («Баскервильская мистерия», «Текст», 2005).
His last work, ''
Shylock
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's Last Act'' («Последний выход Шейлока», 2005) is a detective story that takes place in a Jewish ghetto during World War II, where heroes, witnesses and the murderer end their lives at
Auschwitz
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.
Kluger died in
Rehovot
Rehovot (, / ) is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of .
Etymology
Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu (movement), Bilu movement, proposed the name "Rehovot ...
, Israel on 3 April 2025, at the age of 73.
Умер писатель и бард Даниэль Клугер
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External links
* http://www.israbard.net/israbard/personview.php?person_id=1051283268 Biography in Russian
* http://www.notes.co.il/eshed/37695.asp Interview in Hebrew
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1951 births
2025 deaths
Jewish Israeli writers
Israeli novelists
Israeli crime fiction writers
Israeli science fiction writers
Soviet Jews
Russian-language writers
Jewish Ukrainian writers
Ukrainian emigrants to Israel
Detective fiction writers
Crime fiction writers
Mystery writers
Israeli male writers
People from Simferopol