Amir Gutfreund
Amir Gutfreund (Template:Lang-he) (July 23, 1963 - November 27, 2015) was an Israeli writer and columnist for the Maariv newspaper.[1][2]
Books
- 2000: Our Holocaust (novel, translated into German, English, French, Czech and Hungarian)[3]
- 2002: אחוזות החוף Ahuzot HaHof or The Shoreline Mansions (short story collection)[4]
- 2005:העולם, קצת אחר כך The World, a Little Later (novel) [5]
- In English: The World a Moment Later (translated by Jessica Cohen, Toby Press)
- 2008: בשבילה גיבורים עפים Heroes Fly to Her / When Heroes Fly (novel)
- 2013: מזל עורב Crow
- 2014: אגדת ברונו ואדלה (Agadát Bruno VeAdela), The Legend of Bruno and Adela[6]
- 2016: הר האושר Mount of Happiness / Mount of Beatitudes (unfinished, posthumous) [7]
Awards
- 2001: Buchman Prize for Our Holocaust[8]
- 2003: Sapir Prize for Ahuzot HaHof[4]
- 2009: Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize for The World a Moment Later
- 2015: Ramat Gan Prize for Literature for The Legend of Bruno and Adela[9][2][6]
Influence
- When Heroes Fly, Israeli drama TV series based on the novel Heroes Fly to Her. The series won Best Series at the first Canneseries Festival in April 2018.[10]
- Echo 3, an English-language TV series based on the Israeli series
- The Matchmaker (2010 film) (Template:Lang-he, lit. "Once I Was", Once Upon a Time I Was), inspired by the novel When Heroes Fly
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amir Gutfreund.
- ^ אמיר גוטפרוינד (1963־2015) Amir Guttfreund In: Lerxicon of Modern Hebrew Literature, Ohio State University
- ^ a b "Amir Gutfreund"
- ^ Ronit Roccasללא הסבר, ללא סוף(cached webpage), Haaretz, April 9, 2002 -- an interview about the book
- ^ a b Shiri Lev-Ari, "A Writer Dressed in Khaki", Haaretz, June 17, 2003
- ^ מי שחלם, ynet, September 16, 2005
- ^ a b "THE LEGEND OF BRUNO AND ADELA"
- ^ "הר האושר": אמיר גוטפרוינד נפרד באהבה, Haaretz
- ^ ספר זהב ל"שואה שלנו" מאת אמיר גוטפרוינד ynet, May 7, 2006
- ^ פרס רמת־גן לספרות [Ramat Gan Prize for Literature] 2015 (retrieved May 25, 2022)
- ^ Hopewell, John (11 April 2018). "'When Heroes Fly,' 'State of Happiness' Top Canneseries". Variety.
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