Dan Shavit

Dan Shavit was born at Kibbutz Kfar Szold in 1944 and still lives there today. He studied English literature at Haifa University. Shavit is a former editor of the Kibbutz Movement`s weekly magazine, has taught high school and is now fiction editor at Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. He is also a painter. Shavit has published novels, novellas, non-fiction books and short stories. He has twice been awarded the Prime Minister's Prize (1986; 2003).

Dan Shavit

Books Published in Hebrew

The Last Bus (stories), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1972 [Ba-Otobus Ha-Aharon]
Eva and Abraham (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1978 [Eva Ve-Avraham]
Journey for Seven Voices (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1983 [Masa Le-Shivah Kolot]
Talks With Ben Aharon (non-fiction), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1984 [Sihot Im Ben-Aharon]
Anna and I (novel) , Am Oved, 1986 [Anna Va-Ani]
Poet Considers Suicide (novella), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 1989 [Meshorer Mitkaven Lehitabed]
Whenever He Falls In Love (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 1996 [Be-Chol Paʹam She-Hu Mitahev]
Like a Last Night (novella), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 2001 [Kmo Laila Acharon]
There He Was (novel), Yedioth Ahronoth, 2004 [Pitʹom Raʹiti Oto]
The Days of Alma and Tom (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2016 [Yemei Alma Ve-Tom]

Books in Translation