Amir Gutfreund

Amir Gutfreund
Amir Gutfreund in February 2013
Amir Gutfreund in February 2013
Native name
אמיר גוטפרוינד
Born(1963-07-23)July 23, 1963
DiedNovember 27, 2015(2015-11-27) (aged 52)
OccupationWriter, columnist
LanguageHebrew
NationalityIsraeli
Notable worksOur Holocaust, The World, a Little Later, When Heroes Fly
Notable awardsBuchman Prize (2001), Sapir Prize (2003), Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize (2009), Ramat Gan Prize for Literature (2015)

Amir Gutfreund (Hebrew: אמיר גוטפרוינד) (July 23, 1963 - November 27, 2015) was an Israeli writer and columnist for the Maariv newspaper.[1][2]

Books

  • 2000: Our Holocaust [he] (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]
  • 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

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

References

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  1. ^ אמיר גוטפרוינד (1963־2015) Amir Guttfreund In: Lerxicon of Modern Hebrew Literature, Ohio State University
  2. ^ a b "Amir Gutfreund"
  3. ^ Ronit Roccas [he]ללא הסבר, ללא סוף(cached webpage), Haaretz, April 9, 2002 -- an interview about the book
  4. ^ a b Shiri Lev-Ari, "A Writer Dressed in Khaki", Haaretz, June 17, 2003
  5. ^ מי שחלם, ynet, September 16, 2005
  6. ^ a b "THE LEGEND OF BRUNO AND ADELA"
  7. ^ "הר האושר": אמיר גוטפרוינד נפרד באהבה, Haaretz
  8. ^ ספר זהב ל"שואה שלנו" מאת אמיר גוטפרוינד ynet, May 7, 2006
  9. ^ פרס רמת־גן לספרות [Ramat Gan Prize for Literature] 2015 (retrieved May 25, 2022)
  10. ^ Hopewell, John (11 April 2018). "'When Heroes Fly,' 'State of Happiness' Top Canneseries". Variety.