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Reuven Miran

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Reuven Miran was born in Kfar Saba, Israel, in 1944 and now lives in Binyamina. He received his MA in philosophy from the Sorbonne and has written novels, stories and film scripts. He is also a translator of French literature. Miran has received the Tel Aviv Foundation Award (1985), the Prime Minister’s Prize (1986), the BBC World Service Prize, the ACUM Prize for Literary Achievement (1995), the French Ministry of Culture Award for promoting French culture in Israel (2003) and the Ostana Prize (Italy, 2011). In 2003, Miran founded Nahar Books (Nahar Sfarim), a new Israeli publishing house devoted to classic humanistic texts on freedom and human dignity.

Photo by: Daniel Miran

The Books

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  • South of Antarctica

    [Dromit Le-Antarktika]
    Fiction Novel
    Nahar Sfarim 2016

  • I Didn't Know Henri Curiel

    [Ani Lo Hikarti Et Henri Curiel: Sipurei Masot]
    Non Fiction Essays
    Nahar Sfarim 2016

  • Anna and the Hunters

    [Anna Ve-Ha-Tzayadim]
    Children
    Nahar Sfarim 2009

  • Mai 68: Graffiti on the Walls of the Sorbonne

    [Mai 68: Grafffiti Al Kirot Ha-Sorbonne]
    Non Fiction
    Nahar Sfarim 2008

  • Memories of a Dead Season

    [Zichronot Me-Ona Meta]
    Fiction Stories
    Nahar Sfarim 2006

  • Kingfishers

    [Shaldagim: Sipurim Ktzarim]
    Fiction Stories
    Hakibbutz Hameuchad 2006

  • Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray

    [Shalosh Sigaryot Be-Maʹafera]
    Fiction
    Yedioth Ahronoth 2001

  • Turtle Soup for Breakfast

    [Marak Tzabim Le-Aruchat Boker]
    Fiction
    Keter 1995

  • The Last Dwarfs of Givatayim

    [Ha-Gamadim Ha-Acharonim Be-Givatayim]
    Children
    Keter 1995

  • Night over the City

    [Layla Al Ha-Ir]
    Fiction Novella
    Tarmil 1987

  • And Twice the Parrot Held Its Tongue

    [Ha-Tuki Shatak Paʹamayim]
    Fiction Novel
    Zmora-Bitan 1987

  • The Planet of Yaʹiri

    [Kochav-Ha-Lechet Shel Yairi]
    Children Picture book
    Hakibbutz Hameuchad 1980

  • In the Mountains, Inland

    [Ba-Harim, Bifnim Ha-Aretz]
    Fiction Stories
    Tarmil 1980

  • The Scarecrow of Dr. Givoli

    [Ha-Dachlil Shel Dr. Givʹoli]
    Children
    Hakibbutz Hameuchad 1979

  • The Lead Bird

    [Tzipor Ha-Oferet]
    Fiction Stories
    Hakibbutz Hameuchad 1978

  • The Western Hills

    [Ha-Gvaʹot Ha-Maʹaraviyot]
    Fiction Stories
    Massada 1970