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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.
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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.
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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, Emecé, 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
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