Igal Sarna

Igal Sarna was born in Tel Aviv in 1952. He is a member of the editorial board of the mass circulation daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, as well as a renowned investigative reporter. In 1998, Sarna received a Fullbright fellowship for authors and spent a semester at the Iowa University International Writer`s Conference. In 1999, he received the French WIZO Prize for his collection of short stories, The Man Who Fell in the Puddle.


photo © Gabi Dagon

Books Published in Hebrew
Yona Wallach (biography), Keter/Sifriat Zagagi, 1993
The Memory Hunter (novel), Am Oved, 1997
Where Happiness Is (stories), Yedioth Ahronoth, 2000 [Makom Shel Osher]
Muzunga (non-fiction), Yedioth Ahronoth, 2003 [Muzungo]
Flood (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2005 [Shitafon]
State Witness (non-fiction), Xargol, 2007 [Ed Medina]
Tender Hand (novel), Keter, 2008 [Yad Anuga]

Books in Translation
The Man Who Fell in the Puddle
Italian (2 volumes): Florence, Giuntina, 1997; 1998
French: Paris, Grasset, 1999
English: New York, Pantheon/Random House, 2002

The Memory Hunter
French: Paris, Grasset, 2000

Tender Hand
French: Paris, Grasset, forthcoming

Individual stories have been published in Italian.

Manuscripts available (for publishers only) in English translation
The Memory Hunter (partial)

Last updated: 4.1.2010


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