Jacob Buchan

Jacob Buchan (b. 1946; Austria) came to Israel with his parents at the age of two. He is a graduate of the Tel Aviv Art School. In addition to contributing short stories to magazines and newspapers, he worked as a shingle maker, graphic artist, steamroller operator in the Sinai, farmer, teacher, curator and producer of audiovisual programs. He lives with his family in a village in central Israel. The play Along the Walls based on his book Color Blind was awarded a Honorary Citation at the 1997 "Teatroneto" Festival. Buchan received the 1997 Bernstein Prize for Hebrew novels. He was twice awarded the Prime Minister`s Prize for Literature (1993 and 2001).

Books Published in Hebrew

Jacob`s Life (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1979 [Shnei Hayei Yaakov]

Ever Since (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1983 [Me-Yamim Yamima]

Color Blind (novel), Am Oved, 1990 [Eever Tzevaim]

Wasp Stories (stories), Am Oved, 1991 [Tzir`ah]

Rust Blue (novel), Zmora Bitan, 1996 [Cahol Haludah]

Transparent Child (novel), Zmora Bitan, 1998 [Yeled Shakuf]

Israel`s Path (travel), Carta, 1998 [Shvil Israel]

For Ever Under a Shadow (Y/A), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2000 [Tamid Elave Oto Tzel]

Flowing Milk and Blood Orange (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2002 [Nachal Chalav Ve-Tapuz Dam]

The Man Who Passed Through Walls (Y/A), Yedioth Ahronoth, 2003 [Ha-Ish She-Avar Derech Kirot]

Selected Stories, Gvanim, 2005 [Model Erom]

Levantine Fantasy (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 2008 [ Fantazia Levantinit]

Gabriela (young adults), Sifriat Poalim, 2009 [Gabriela]

Books in Translation

Transparent Child
German: Gerlingen, Bleicher, 2002

Individual stories have been published in: English and
Spanish.

Last updated: 11.10.2009