Yitzhak Gormezano-Goren

Yitzhak Gormezano-Goren was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1941 and immigrated to Israel as a child. He is a playwright and novelist. Goren studied English and French literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University, and received a MFA in theater direction in the United States. In 1982, he co-founded the Bimat Kedem Theater, which promotes original Israeli productions with an emphasis on non-European Jewish culture. In 1998, the company established the Kedem Publishing House. Goren has worked as a broadcast editor and is active in the Israeli theater and film world. His novel, An Alexandrian Summer, was awarded the Ramat Gan Prize (1979).


Books Published in Hebrew
An Alexandrian Summer (novel), Am Oved, 1978 [Kayitz Alexandroni]
My Heart is in the East (youth), Massada, 1985 [Libi Ba-Mizrah]
Western Sun (youth), Massada, 1985 [Shemesh Mi-Ma`arav]
Blanche (novel), Am Oved, 1986 [Blanche]
Moses, Maurice and Mussa (youth), Kedem, 1986 [Moshe, Maurice Ve-Moossa]
A Shelter in Bavli, Kedem, 1998 [Miklat be-Bavli]
The Path to the Stadium, Kedem, 2003 [Ba-Derech Le-Itztadion]
Last updated: 05.01.2009

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