Haim Beer

Haim Be`er was born in Jerusalem in 1945 and was raised in an Orthodox home. He completed his army service in the military chaplaincy. In 1966, he began working for Am Oved Publishing House and is now a member of the editorial board. He also wrote a weekly column for the daily Davar for many years. At present, he teaches Hebrew literature and creative writing at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Be`er has received several literary awards for his poetry and fiction, including the Bernstein Prize, the Bialik Prize (2002) and the ACUM Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2005). His novel, Feathers, is included among "The Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature" (2001).

Books Published in Hebrew

Day to Day Delights (poetry), Am Oved, 1970 [Sha`ashu`ei Yom Yom]

Feathers (novel), Am Oved, 1979 [Notzot]

A Time for Trimming (novel), Am Oved, 1987 [Et Ha-Zamir]

Their Love and Their Hate (biography), Am Oved, 1993; 2004 [Gam Ahavatam Gam Sinatam]

The Pure Element of Time (novel), Am Oved, 1998 [Havalim]

In that Place (novel), Am Oved, 2007 [Lifnei Ha-Makom]

Books in Translation

Feathers
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vasallucci, 2000
German: Munich, dtv, 2002
English: Hanover/London, Brandeis University Press/ University Press of New England, 2004

The Pure Element of Time
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vasallucci, 2000
German: Munich, dtv, 2000
English: Hanover/London, Brandeis University Press/ University Press of New England, 2003
Chinese: Shanghai, Shanghai Translation, forthcoming
Italian: Florence, Giuntina, 2005

In that Place
German: Berlin, Berlin Verlag, forthcoming

Individual poems, stories and excerpts of his novels have been published in Arabic, English, Dutch, French, German, and Yiddish.

Manuscripts available (for publishers only) in English translation
A Time for Trimming

Last updated: 03.01.2010