Daniella Zamir

Daniella Zamir (born 1983, in Israel) is an Israeli literary translator of contemporary fiction.[1][2] In 2019, she won the CWA International Dagger for her translation of A Long Night in Paris by Dov Alfon.[3] In 2023, she won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for her translation of Jerusalem Beach by Iddo Gefen.[4] She obtained her bachelor's degree in literature from Tel Aviv University, and her master's degree in creative writing from City, University of London.[5][6]

Translations

  • How to Love Your Daughter by Hila Blum (2023)[7][8]
  • Jerusalem Beach by Iddo Gefen (2022)[9]
  • The Teacher by Michal Ben-Naftali (2020)[10]
  • The Others by Sarah Blau (2019)
  • A Long Night in Paris by Dov Alfon (2019)

Short story translations

  • Moving on from Grace by Hila Amit (2020)[11]
  • The Porn Shelter by Orian Morris (2018)[12]
  • Three Men in America by Julia Fermento (2017)[13]
  • Saragossa in Berlin by Iftach Alony (2015)[14][15]
  • How I Lost My Family in the Last Gaza War by Orian Morris (2015)[16]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Cordasco, Rachel S. (28 December 2021). Out of This World: Speculative Fiction in Translation from the Cold War to the New Millennium. University of Illinois Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-252-05291-0.
  2. ^ "Daniella Zamir". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. ^ Alfon, Dov (10 January 2019). A Long Night in Paris: Winner of the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger. Quercus. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-85705-882-9.
  4. ^ Friedman, Gabe (2 May 2023). "In a first, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew-language author and translator". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Daniella Zamir". Astra Publishing House.
  6. ^ "Daniella Zamir". Glose.com. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  7. ^ Berry, Flynn (21 July 2023). "A Mother, Her Daughter, a Masterwork of Psychological Tension". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Blum, Hila (29 May 2023). ""Do You Love Me?," by Hila Blum". The New Yorker. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Sami Rohr Prize winner, finalists recognized". Sun Sentinel. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  10. ^ Anderson, Hephzibah (19 January 2020). "In brief: The Teacher; Ladies Can't Climb Ladders; Liar – reviews". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  11. ^ Amit, Hila (Spring 2020). "Moving on from Grace". Washington Square Review. No. 45. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  12. ^ Morris, Orian (7 February 2018). "The Porn Shelter". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  13. ^ Fermentto, Julia (8 October 2021). "Three Men in America". The Short Story Project. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  14. ^ Alony, Iftach (8 October 2021). "Saragossa in Berlin". The Short Story Project. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Saragossa in Berlin". Haaretz. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  16. ^ Morris, Orian (14 July 2015). "How I Lost My Family in the Last Gaza War". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  17. ^ Friedman, Gabe. "For 1st time, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew author, translator". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  18. ^ "A Long Night in Paris". The Crime Writers’ Association. Retrieved 9 October 2023.


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