Anton Shammas

Anton Shammas was born in the Arab village of Fassuta in Upper Galilee in 1950. He lived in Jerusalem for 20 years and now lives in Michigan, USA. Shammas studied English literature and art history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For several years, he was co-editor of an Arabic monthly literary magazine; he has also written weekly newspaper columns in the Hebrew press. His publications include a novel and two collections of poems in Hebrew, collections of poetry in Arabic, and a book for children. Shammas has received a number of literary awards, including the Lila Wallace Reader`s Digest Writers` Award (1992). His novel, Arabesques, has been translated into seven languages.

Books Published in Hebrew

Hardcover (poetry), Sifriat Poalim, 1974 [Krichah Kashah]

No Man`s Land (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1979 [Shetah Hefker]

The Biggest Liar in the World (children), Keter, 1982 [Ha-Shakran Ha-Gadol Ba-Olam]

Arabesques (novel), Am Oved, 1986 [Arabeskot]

Books in Translation

Arabesques
English:New York, Harper & Row, 1988; London, Viking, 1988; London, Penguin, 1989
French: Arles, Actes Sud, 1988
Spanish: Madrid, Mondadori, 1988
Dutch: Amsterdam, Bert Bakker, 1989
German: Munich, Piper, 1989
Italian: Milan, Mondadori, 1990; Milan Rizzoli, 1994
Portuguese: Lisbon, Dom Quixote, 1991

Last updated: 07.02.2007