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Yigal Mossinson (alternate spellings include Igal Mossinsohn and Yigal Mosenzon) (25 December 1917 – 1 May 1994) was an Israeli novelist, playwright, and inventor. He was the author of the Hasamba children's book series.〔(Igal Mossinsohn ) at ITHL〕 Among his many awards was the David's Violin Prize for "Casablan," the 1954 play upon which the Israeli musical comedy stage and screen hit, "Kazablan," was based."〔(Almigor, Dan, "Musical Plays on the Hebrew Stage," All About Jewish Theater. )〕 == Biography == Mossinson was born in 1917 in the moshav Ein Ganim located near Petah Tikva and grew up in Tel Aviv. Later on Mossinson studied in Beit Alfa and in the youth village of Ben Shemen. Afterward he moved to the Kibbutz Na'an, where he lived from 1938 to 1950. In 1943 Mossinson joined the Palmach. During that period Mossinson was arrested by the British and imprisoned in Latrun. In 1944 Mossinson published his first story in the newspaper "Al HaMishmar". During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Mossinson served as a cultural officer in the Givati unit. In 1953, following the publication of the novel "A Man's Way" () Mossinson had to leave the kibbutz; he moved to Moshav Beit Shearim. From 1952 Mossinson served for a year and a half as a press spokesman for the Israeli police and afterward as the spokesman of the Habima Theatre. In 1957 Mossinson founded the "Sadan" theatre in the Mughrabi Hall. The theater went bankrupt eventually and closed. In 1959 Mossinson moved to the United States where he pursued various businesses for a living. During this period he helped adapt the play "Casablan" for the screen, with a film version (filmed in Greece) released in 1964. In 1965 Mossinson returned to live in Israel, where he began his literary career.〔 During the last years of his life Mossinson began developing a number of inventions that gained particular success. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yigal Mossinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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