Sami Berdugo

Sami Berdugo was born in 1970. He studied comparative literature and history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. At present, he teaches creative writing at Tel Aviv University and Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. He also holds writing workshops for youth. Berdugo has published two novels, a collection of short stories and two novellas. In 1998, he won the Haaretz Short Story Competition. He has also been awarded the Yaakov Shabtai Prize (2002), the Peter Schweifert Prize (2003), the Bernstein Prize (2003), the Prime Minister`s Prize (2005) and the Newman Prize (2007). He is the first Israeli to be awarded a Sanskriti Foundation Residency (New Delhi, 2007).

Books Published in Hebrew

Black Girl (stories), Babel, 1999 [Yalda Shchora]

And Say to the Wind (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2002 [Kacha Ani Medaberet Im Ha-Ruach]

Orphans (2 novellas), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2006 [Yetumim]

That Is To Say (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2010 [Ze Ha-Dvarim]

Manuscripts available in English translation (for publishers only)
Orphans (2 novellas)

Last updated: 28.08.2010