| We congratulate Hila Blum for winning the 2021 Sapir Prize of Literature for her novel, How to Love Your Daughter. The novel tells the story of a woman who travels to the Netherlands to reconnect with the daughter from whom she became estranged years ago.
A Jerusalem native, Blum worked at Kinneret Zmora-Bitan, one of Israel’s leading publishing houses, for many years. Her previous books include The Visit.
Her book will be translated into Arabic and another language of her choosing. In addition, 500 copies of the shortlisted authors' books will be donated to public libraries throughout the country. |