Simon Louvish (born 6 April 1947,
Glasgow, Scotland) is a
Scots
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-born Israeli author, writer and filmmaker. He has written many books about ''Avram Blok'', a fictional Israeli caught up between wars, espionage, prophets, revolutions, loves, and a few near apocalypses.
Louvish is a
visiting lecturer in Screen Studies at the
London Film School
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W. C. Fields
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, The
Marx Brothers,
Groucho Marx
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,
Laurel and Hardy
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,
Mae West,
Cecil B. DeMille,
Mack Sennett and
Charlie Chaplin
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.
Publications
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**Also published (2008) as ''Cecil B. DeMille: A Life in Art''
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References
External links
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His homepage
a review of ''Cecil B. DeMille: A Life in Art''
Macmillan Publishers
a photograph of Louvish
1947 births
Living people
Israeli film producers
Israeli novelists
Israeli biographers
Writers from Glasgow
Scottish Jews
British emigrants to Israel
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