Gabriela Avigur-Rotem |
| Gabriela Avigur-Rotem was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1946 and came to Israel in 1950. She holds a degree in Hebrew and English literature. She has taught literature at high school and directed writing workshops at Haifa and Ben Gurion Universities. She now works as an editor at Haifa University Publishing House. Avigur-Rotem published her first book of poetry in 1980 and her first novel in 1992. She has been awarded the Peter Schweisert Prize for Young Writers, the Rabinowitz Prize for Poetry (1990), the Prime Minister`s Prize twice (1992, 2001), the Keshet Publishers` Gold and Platinum Book Prizes as well as the Goldberg Prize for her bestselling novel Heatwave and Crazy Birds (2001), the President`s Prize (2002), and the WIZO Prize (France, 2006). |
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Books Published in Hebrew |
| Dolcinea (poetry), Dvir, 1980 [Doltzinea] |
| Walls and Emperors (poetry), Keter, 1990 [Homot Ve-Keisarim] |
| Mozart was Not a Jew (novel), Keter, 1992; Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2008 [Motzart Lo Haya Yehudi] |
| Heatwave and Crazy Birds (novel), Keshet, 2001; Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2008 [Chamsin Ve-Tziporim Meshugaot] |
| Ancient Red (novel), Kinneret,Zmora-Bitan, 2007 [Adom Atik] |
Books in Translation |
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Mozart Was Not A Jew Italian: Milan, Tartaruga, 1997; paperback: Milan, Baldini & Castoldi, 1999 Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro, Imago, 1997 Chinese: Guangzhou, Flower City, 1998 Arabic: Cairo, Al Dar Al Arabia, 2001 German: Frankfurt, Suhrkamp, forthcoming Heatwave and Crazy Birds French: Arles, Actes Sud, 2006 Italian: Milan, Baldini & Castoldi, 2004 German: Frankfurt, Suhrkamp, 2008 Manuscripts available (for publishers only) in English translation Mozart was Not a Jew Heatwave and Crazy Birds Last updated: 3.1.2010 |
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