Amos Kenan |
| Amos Kenan (1927 - 2009) was born in Tel Aviv. He was a member of the anti-British military underground movement but became known as a political dove soon after 1948. In the 1970s, Kenan co-founded the Israeli-Palestinian Council. A leading newspaper columnist, he has written for the popular Yedioth Ahronoth and was also a painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist. Kenan was awarded the Brenner Prize in 1999. |
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Books Published in Hebrew |
| With Whips and Scorpions (satire), Tel Aviv, 1952 [Be-Shotim U-Be-Akravim] |
| At the Station (novella), Ladori, 1963 [Ba-Tahanah] |
| Book of Pleasures (non-fiction), Levin-Epstein, 1968 [Sefer Ha-ta`anugot] |
| The Blue Door (novella), Schocken, 1972 [Ha-Delet Ha-Kehulah] |
| Shoah II (prose), A.L., 1975 [Shoah 2] |
| Under the Flowers (stories), Prosa, 1979 [Mitahat La-Prahim] |
| On Your Country, On Your Homeland (non-fiction), Edanim, 1981 [El Artzech, El Moladetech] |
| The Book of Satire, Keter, 1984 [Sefer Ha-Satirot] |
| The Road to Ein Harod (novel), Am Oved, 1984 [Ha-Derech Le-Ein Harod] |
| Waheb in Suphah (novel), Keter, 1988 [Et Waheb Be-Sufah] |
| Tulips our Brothers (stories), Keter, 1989 [Tziv`onim Ahinu] |
| Poems, Tag, 1995 [Shirim] |
| Block 23 (novellas), Zmora Bitan, 1996 [Block 23] |
| Rose of Jericho (essays), Zmora Bitan, 1998 [Shoshanat Yericho] |
| End of Reptile Era (poetry), Zmora Bitan, 1999 [Ketz Idan Ha-Zochalim] |
| The Escape to Prison (stories), Zmora Bitan, 2003 [Habricha El Hakele]
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| Performed Plays |
| The Lion, [] |
| The Balloon, 1959 [] |
| The Lost Train, 1969] |
| Maybe It`s An Earthquake, 1970] |
| Something Not Normal [Ohel, 1970] |
| Friends Talk About Jesus [] |
| Still Believe in You [Cameri, 1974] |
Books in Translation |
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The Road to Ein Harod French: Paris, Albin Michel, 1984 Arabic: Beirut, Al-Kalemah, 1987 English: London, Al Saqi, 1986; New York, Grove, 1988 German: Augsburg, Oelbaum, 1987 Spanish: Jerusalem, La Semana, 1987 Danish: Copenhagen, Tiden, 1990 Hungarian: Budapest, Babel, 1997 At the Station French: Milan, G.Upiglio, 1964 Le Cheval Fini French: Paris, Grasset, 1966 Odessa Mama (from Tulips our Brothers ) French: Paris, RLD, 1994, 2001 Selected Poems and Stories French: Turin, Fratelli Pozzo/Paris, G. le Prat, 1962; Paris, Grasset, 1966, Y.Riviere, 1974 Holocaust II (initial version of the novella Block 23) French: Paris, Flammarion, 1976 Last updated: 23.08.2009 |
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