Amir Gutfreund
Israeli writer (1963–2015)
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Amir Gutfreund (Hebrew: אמיר גוטפרוינד; 23 July 1963 – 27 November 2015) was an Israeli writer and columnist for the Maariv newspaper.[1][2]
Native name
אמיר גוטפרוינד
Born23 July 1963
Haifa, Israel
Died27 November 2015 (aged 52)
Haifa, Israel
OccupationColumnist
Amir Gutfreund | |
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Gutfreund in February 2013 | |
| Native name | אמיר גוטפרוינד |
| Born | 23 July 1963 Haifa, Israel |
| Died | 27 November 2015 (aged 52) Haifa, Israel |
| Occupation | Columnist |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Notable works | Our Holocaust, The World, a Little Later, When Heroes Fly |
| Notable awards | Buchman Prize (2001), Sapir Prize (2003), Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize (2009), Ramat Gan Prize for Literature (2015) |
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) (Hebrew: פעם הייתי, lit. "Once I Was", Once Upon a Time I Was), inspired by the novel When Heroes Fly
