Hanoch Bartov |
| Hanoch Bartov was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, in 1926 and now lives in Tel Aviv. During World War II, he served in the British Army`s Jewish Brigade and he also fought in Israel`s 1948 War of Independence. Bartov is well known as a novelist, playwright and journalist. He served as Israel`s cultural attache in London, and for 20 years he wrote a regular opinion column for the daily Maariv. He has published 10 novels, six collections of short stories, three books of essays and a biography of David Elazar. Among other awards, Bartov has received the Shlonsky Prize (1965), the Bialik Prize (1985), the President`s Prize for Literature (1998), the Agnon Prize (2005), the Buchman Prize (2006), the Prime Minister`s Prize (2007) and the Yehuda Amichai-ACUM Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2007). In 2005, he was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Tel Aviv University. |
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Books Published in Hebrew |
| The Reckoning and the Soul (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1953 [Ha-Hesbon Ve-Ha-Nefesh]; Ma`ariv, 1988 |
| Everyone Had Six Wings (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1954 [Shesh Knafaim Le-Ehad]; Am Oved, 1973; Ma`ariv, 1988 |
| The Little Market (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1957 [Ha-Shuk Ha-Katan] |
| Four Israelis and All America (travel), Sifriat Poalim, 1961 [Arba Yisraelim Ve-Col America] |
| Massada, 1963 |
| The Heart of the Wise (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1962 [Lev Hachamim] |
| The Brigade (novel), Am Oved, 1965 [Pitzei Bagrut] |
| Ma`ariv, 1988 |
| Israelis at the Court of St. James (travel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1969 [Arba Yisraelim Be-Hatzer Saint James] |
| Whose Little Boy Are You? (novel), Am Oved, 1970 [Shel Mi Ata Yeled] |
| Ma`ariv, 1988 |
| A Distant Sister (stories), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1973 [Ahot Rehoka] |
| The Dissembler (novel), Am Oved, 1975 [Ha-Badai] |
| Ma`ariv, 1988 |
| Dado - 48 Years and Another 20 Days (biography), Ma`ariv, 1978; Dvir, 2002 [Dado, 48 Shanim Ve-Od 20 Yom] |
| Little Jew (stories), Am Oved, 1981 [Yehudi Katan] |
| In the Middle of it All (novel), Am Oved 1984 [Be-Emtza Ha-Roman] |
| Ma`ariv, 1988 |
| A Fair in Moscow (travel), Ma`ariv, 1988 [Yerid Be-Moskva] |
| Mazal Ayala (stories), Ma`ariv, 1988 [Mazal Ayala] |
| This is Ishel Speaking (novel), Ma`ariv, 1990 [Ze Ishel Medaber] |
| Death on Purim (stories), Ma`ariv, 1992 [Mavet Be-Purim] |
| Halfway Out (novel), Am Oved, 1994 [Regel Ahat Ba-Hutz] |
| I am not the Mythological Sabra (essays), Am Oved, 1995 [Ani Lo Ha-Tzabar Ha-Mitologi] |
| A Heart Poured Out (novella and story), Zmora Bitan, 2001 [Lev Shafuch] |
| Hand in Hand, Locked for Life (novel), Zmora Bitan, 2003 [Mi-Tom Ad Tom] |
| Beyond the Horizon, Across the Street (novel), Zmora Bitan, 2006 [Mi-chuts La-Ofek, Me`ever La-rechov] |
| To Be and to Write in the Land of Israel (non-fiction), Zmora-Bitan, 2008 [Ligdol Ve-Lichtov Be-Eretz Israel] |
Books in Translation |
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The Brigade English: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1967 New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968 London, MacDonald, 1969 Russian: Jerusalem, Alia, 1977 Everyone Had Six Wings English: Jerusalem, World Zionist Organization, 1974 Spanish: Buenos Aires, Candelabro, 1956; Jerusalem, Organizacion Sionista Mundial, 1974 (processed) Jerusalem, Semana, 1977 An Israeli at the Court of St. James English: London, Vallentine Mitchell, 1971 The Dissembler Spanish:Jerusalem, Semana, 1978 Russian:Jerusalem, Alia, 1981 Whose Little Boy Are You? English: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1978 Dado - 48 Years and Another 20 days English: Tel Aviv, Ma`ariv, 1981 Greek: Athens, Istor, 1985 Manuscripts available (for publishers only) in English translation The Dissembler In the Middle of it All and selected stories Last updated: 11.1.2010 |
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