Etgar Keret

Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, Etgar Keret is the most popular writer among Israeli youth today. His books are bestsellers in Israel and have received international acclaim. His writing has been published in The New York Times, Le Monde, The Guardian, The Paris Review and Zoetrope. Over 40 short movies have been based on his stories, and one of them won the American MTV Prize (1998). His movie, Skin Deep, won First Prize at several international film festivals, and was awarded the Israeli Oscar.
At present, Keret lectures in the Hebrew Literature department at Ben Gurion University. He has received the Book Publishers Association`s Platinum Prize several times, the Prime Minister`s Prize, and the Ministry of Culture`s Cinema Prize; he was a finalist for the prestigious Frank O`Connor Short Story collection Prize (2007), and has received the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize (UK, 2008). In 2007, Keret and Shira Gefen won the Cannes Film Festival`s "Camera d`Or" Award for their movie Jellyfish, and Best Director Award of the French Artists and Writers` Guild. A new film co-written by Keret and based on his short stories, The Meaning of Life for $ 9.99, will be released in Europe and North America in 2009.
Keret`s books have been published abroad in 28 languages and in 34 countries.

Books Published in Hebrew

Pipelines (stories), Am Oved, 1992 [Tzinorot]; Zmora Bitan, 2002

Missing Kissinger (stories), Zmora Bitan, 1994 [Ga`aguai Le-Kissinger]

Nobody Said it Was Going to Be Fun (graphic novels), with Rutu Modan, Keter, 1996 [Lo Banu Lehenot]

Streets of Rage (graphic novels), with Assaf Hanuka, Zmora Bitan, 1997 [Simtaot Ha-Za`am]

Kneller`s Happy Campers (novella & stories), Keter/Zmora Bitan, 1998 [Ha-Kaitanah Shel Kneller]

Dad Runs Away With The Circus, (children), with Rutu Modan, Zmora Bitan, 2000 [Aba Boreach Im Ha-Kirkas]

Anihu (stories), Zmora Bitan, 2002 [Anihu]

Pizzeria Kamikaze (graphic novels), with Assaf Hanuka, Kinneret/Zmora-Bitan/Keter, 2004 [Pizzeria Kamikaze]

A Moonless Night, (children), with Shira Gefen, Am Oved, 2006 [Laila Bli Yareach]

Performed Plays

Entebbe A Musical (co-authored with Jonathan Bar Giora, also composer of the music). First prize at the Alternative Theater Festival in Acre.

Books in Translation

*The titles listed below are almost all selections from various collections.

* Collections listed under the same title in various languages do not necessarily contain the same selection of stories.

Arabic:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Ramallah, Ogarit, 2003

Bulgarian:
Selected Stories: Plovdiv, Janet 45, forthcoming

Belarussian:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Minsk, Logvinov, 2007

Chinese:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Hefei, Anhui, 2004

Croatian:
8% of Nothing (Anihu): Zagreb, Profil, 2008

Czech:
The Flying Santinis: Prague, GplusG, 2005

Danish:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Copenhagen, Rosinante, 2002
8% of Nothing (Anihu): Copenhagen, Gyldendal, 2006; 2008

Dutch:
Pizzeria Kamikaze: Amsterdam, Podium, 2001
Good Intentions: Amsterdam, Ambo/ Anthos, 2002
One Good Deed a Day: Amsterdam, Ambo/Anthos, 2004
Gaza Blues, with Samir el-Youssef: Amsterdam, Ambo/Anthos, 2006

English:
How to Make a Good Script Great (graphic): Tel Aviv, Actus Tragicus, 1996
Jetlag (graphic): Tel Aviv, Actus Tragicus, 1998; New York/ London, Toby Press, 2006
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: New York, St. Martin`s, 2001; Sydney,Picador/Pan Macmillan, 2003; New York/London, Toby Press, 2004
The Nimrod Flip-Out: Sydney, Picador/ Pan Macmillan, 2004; London, Chatto & Windus, 2004; pback: Vintage, 2006; New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006
Gaza Blues, with Samir el-Youssef: London, David Paul, 2004; Sydney, Picador/Pan Macmillan, 2006
One Last Story and That`s It: New Delhi, Katha, 2005
Pizzeria Kamikaze (graphic): Gainesville, USA, Alternative Comics, 2006
Missing Kissinger: London, Chatto & Windus, 2007; pback: Vintage, 2008
The Girl on the Fridge: New York, Farrar Strauss Giroux, 2008
Kneller`s Happy Campers (novella) London: Chatto & Windus, 2009
Four Stories Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, forthcoming

French:
Earth Day (graphic): Paris, Ed. Du Masque/Hachette, 2000
Kneller`s Happy Campers (novella): Arles, Actes Sud, 2001
Asthma Attack: Arles, Actes Sud, 2002; pback: Babel, 2005
Man Without a Head: Arles, Actes Sud, 2005, Babel, 2009
Pizzeria Kamikaze (graphic): Arles,Actes Sud, 2008
Pipelines: Arles, Actes Sud, 2008

Galician:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Cangas, Rinoceronte, 2006

Georgian:
The Nimrod Flip-Out: Tbilisi, MPublishing, 2007

German:
Gaza Blues: Munich, Luchterhand, 1996 , 2002; pback: Frankfurt, S. Fischer, 1998
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Munich, Luchterhand, 2001; 2002
Pizzeria Kamikaze (novella): Munich, Luchterhand, 2000; pback: btb, 2006
Moon on Special Offer (Anihu): Munich, Luchterhand, 2003; pback: btb, 2006
All Gaza, with Samir el-Youssef: Munich, Luchterhand, 2006

Greek:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Athens, Kastaniotis, 2003
Gaza Blues, with Samir el-Youssef: Athens, Kastaniotis, 2004
Anihu: Athens, Kastaniotis, 2007

Hungarian:
$ 9.99 (selected stories): Budapest, Golem Theater Assoc., 2009

Korean:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God:, Bookbooks, 2009

Italian:
Missing Kissinger: Rome, Theoria, 1997
Pizzeria Kamikaze: Rome, edizioni e/o, 2003; 2004
Io sono lui (Anihu): Rome, edizioni e/o, 2004; pback: as The Tits of an 18-Year-Old, 2006
Gaza Blues, with Samir el-Youssef: Rome, edizioni e/o, 2005
Abram Cadabram (new trans. of Missing Kissinger): Rome, edizioni e/o, 2008
Pipelines, Rome, edizioni e/o, forthcoming

Lithuanian:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Vilnius, Alma Littera, 2006

Norwegian:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Oslo, Cappelen, 2004
Gaza Blues, with Samir el-Youssef: Oslo, Cappelen, 2006
8% of Nothing: Oslo, Cappelen, 2008

Polish:
Gaza Blues: Isabelin, Swiat Literacki, 2000
Pizzeria Kamikaze: Isabelin, Swiat Literacki, 2001
8% of Nothing: Warsaw, WAB, 2006
Rury (Pipelines): Warsaw, WAB, 2007
Missing Kissinger: Warsaw, WAB, 2008
Kneller`s Happy Campers: Warsaw ,WAB, forthcoming

Portuguese:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Porto, Ambar, 2004

Portuguese (Brazil):
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Rio de Janeiro, Casa da Palavra, forthcoming

Russian:
Dni kak Segodnia (selected): Moscow,Muravei-Guide, 2000
Az`Yesm (Anihu): Moscow, Eksmo, 2004
The Night the Buses Died (selected): Moscow, Text, 2009

Spanish:
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God: Buenos Aires/Barcelona, Emecי, 2004
The Girl on the Fridge: Madrid, Siruela, 2006; pub.as Missing Kissinger: Mexico City, Sexto Piso, 2006; rev. ed. forthcoming
Pizzeria Kamikaze: Madrid, Siruela, 2008; Mexico City, Sexto Piso, 2008
Pizzeria Kamikaze (graphic): Barcelona, La Copula, 2008

Swedish:
Shooting Tuvia (Anihu): Stockholm, Bastion, 2008
Good Intentions(Missing Kissinger): Stockholm, Bastion, 2009

Turkish:
The Nimrod Flip-Out: Istanbul, Parantez, 2006
Gaza Blues:Istanbul, Siren, 2009

Knellers Happy Campers (novella), published alone in:
French (Actes Sud) and as graphic (Actes Sud)
German (Luchterhand; pback: btb)
Dutch (Podium)
Spanish (graphic, La Copula)
English (Chatto& Windus)

Children`s Books
Dad Runs Away With The Circus
Korean: Seoul, JoongAng M&B, 2002
Italian: Rome, edizioni e/o, 2003
English: Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 2004
Spanish: Mexico City, Fondo de Cultura, 2004
Chinese: Taipei, 3&3 International, 2004
French: Paris, Albin Michel, 2005
Japanese: Tokyo, Hyoronsha, 2005

A Moonless Night, with Shira Gefen
Spanish: Mexico, Fondo de Cultura, 2009
French: Editions de la Balle, forthcoming

Manuscripts available (for publishers only) in English translation
A wide selection of stories from all collections

Last updated: 3.1.2010