Daniel Kluger

Daniel (Daniil) Kluger (Russian: Даниэль (Даниил) Мусеевич Клугер; 8 October 1951 – 3 April 2025) was an Israeli writer in science fiction and detective genres. He wrote in Russian.

Daniel Kluger was born on 8 October 1951 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR (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'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.

Kluger died in Rehovot, Israel on 3 April 2025, at the age of 73.