Yoram Kaniuk

Yoram Kaniuk (born 2 May 1930) is an Israeli writer, painter, journalist and theatre critic.

Yoram Kaniuk was born in Tel Aviv. His father, Moshe Kaniuk, was the first curator of the Tel Aviv Art Museum. His grandfather, a Hebrew teacher, made his own textbooks. Kaniuk’s mother, born in Odessa, was also a teacher. His family emigrated to Palestine in 1909, the year Tel Aviv was founded, and settled in Neve Tzedek.