Haim Gouri
Haim Gouri (Hebrew: חיים גורי) (born October 1923) is an Israeli poet, novelist, journalist and documentary filmmaker.
Biography
Haim Gouri was born in Tel Aviv. After studying at the Kadoorie Agricultural High School, he joined the Palmach militia. In 1947 he was sent to Hungary to assist Holocaust survivors to come to Palestine. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War he was a deputy company commander in the Palmach's Negev Brigade.[1]Gouri studied literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Sorbonne in Paris. As a journalist he worked for Lamerhav and later, Davar. He achieved fame with his coverage of the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann.[1]
Gouri lives with his wife, Aliza, in Jerusalem.[2]
Literary career
Gouri's first published poem, Sea Voyage, appeared in Mishmar, edited by Abraham Shlonsky, in 1945. His first complete volume of poetry, Flowers of Fire, was published in 1949, after the Israeli War of Independence.
Awards and honors
- The film The 81st Blow, which he wrote, co-produced, and co-directed, was nominated for the 1974 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. It is part of a powerful Holocaust trilogy that includes The Last Sea and Flames in the Ashes.[3]
- In 1975, Gouri was awarded the Bialik Prize for literature.[4]
- In 1988, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Hebrew poetry.[5]
- In 1998, he won the Uri Zvi Grinberg award.[6]
Published works
Poetry
- Flowers of Fire, Years of Fire (1949)
- Poems of the Seal (1954)
- Compass Rose (1960)
- Movement to Touch (1968)
- Gehazi Visions (1974)
- The Eagle Line (1975)
- Words in My Love-Sick Blood (selected poems in English translation). Detroit: Wayne State University, 1996, ISBN 0814325947.
- The Poems, in two volumes (1998)
Fiction
- The Chocolate Deal (1965). English translations: New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968, ISBN 112515196X. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999, ISBN 0814328008.
- The Crazy Book (1971)
- The Interrogation, The Story of Reuel (1980)
Non-fiction
- Facing the Glass Booth: the Jerusalem Trial of Adolf Eichmann (1962). English translation: Detroit: Wayne State University, 2004, ISBN 0814330878.
- Pages of Jerusalem, notes (1968)
Documentary films
- The 81st Blow (Ha-Makah Hashmonim V'Echad, 1974), distributed with English subtitles by "American Federation of Jewish Fighters, Camp Inmates and Nazi Victims"
- The Last Sea (Ha-Yam Ha'Aharon, 1980)
- Flames in the Ashes (Pnei Hamered, 1985)
See also
References
- ^ a b Eli Elihau, First-person plural, Haaretz April 17, 2009. [1]
- ^ Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature: Haim Gouri
- ^ http://www.jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/Israeli_Trilogy_16mm.html The National Center for Jewish Film
- ^ "List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933-2004 (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website" (PDF).
- ^ "Israel Prize Recipients from its Conception (in Hebrew)- list 4 - מקבלי פרס ישראל מראשיתו". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature: Haim Gouri
External links
- "Haim Gouri" (capsule biography and bibliography) at the Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature.
- "Haim Gouri" in the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).