Shammai Golan

Shammai Golan was born in Poland in 1933. He spent World War II under Nazi occupation and in Siberia. After the death of his parents, he was placed in an orphanage and immigrated illegally to pre-state Israel in 1947. Golan studied literature and history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Later, he taught literature, ran the Hebrew Writers` House in Jerusalem, and served as cultural attache in Mexico and Moscow. He was also chairman of the Hebrew Writers` Association. Golan writes for both adults and youth; he has published one novel, three collections of short stories, two books for youth and a collection of essays. His work has been adapted for radio and produced on stage. Golan has been awarded the ACUM Prize for Children`s Literature (1966), the Agnon Prize (1976), the Tel Aviv Foundation Award (1982), the Prime Minister`s Prize (1992), the Cheno Prize (Mexico) and the Zionist Federation Award (2006).

Books Published in Hebrew

The Last Watch (youth), Massada, 1963 [Be-Ashmoret Aharonah]

Guilty (youth), Massada, 1968 [Ashamim]

The Death of Uri Peled (novel), Am Oved, 1971 [Moto Shel Uri Peled]

Escape for Short Distances (stories), Massada, 1975 [Brihot Le-Merhakim Ketzarim]

The Ambush (stories), Tarmil, 1983 [Ha-Maarav]

Canopy (stories), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1984; 1991 [Hupah]

My Travels with Books, Astrolog, 2005 [Masotai Im Sfarim]

And If You Must Love (novel), Zmora-Bitan/Kinneret/Dvir, 2008 [Ve-Im Ata Muchrach Leehov]

Books in Translation

The Death of Uri Peled
Russian: Moscow, Olymp, 1998
Polish: CraCow, Ambrozja, 1998

Guilty
German: Frankfurt am Main, Alibaba, 1997; in paperback: Munich, Omnibus, 1999

Canopy
Russian: Moscow, Olymp, 1996

Selected stories
Spanish: Mexico D.F., Costa-Amic, 1985
Russian: Moscow, Olymp, 1999

The Last Watch
Russian: Moscow/Tel-Aviv, Kniga, 2006

Manuscripts available (for publishers only) in English translation
The Death of Uri Peled
Escape for Short Distances
Guilty

Last updated: 3.1.2010