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Ehud Ben-Ezer was born to one of the founding families of Petah Tikva in 1936. His family has lived in this once small village since 1878. Ben-Ezer studied philosophy and kabbala at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and then worked as a teacher in new towns in the Negev. He describes his experiences there in his first novel, The Quarry, which was made into a film in 1990. Today, he works as a literary critic in the Hebrew press. Ben-Ezer is a prolific writer: he has published novels, collections of short stories, non-fiction and books for children and youth. His book for young readers, Jedda, received the prestigious Ze`ev Prize (1994), and he has received the Prime Minister`s Prize three times.
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Books Published in Hebrew
| | FICTION | | The Quarry
(novel)
, Am Oved, 1963; rev. ed. Astrolog, 2001 [Ha-Machtzeva] | | People of Sodom
(novel)
, Am Oved, 1968; rev. ed. Astrolog, 2001 [Anshei Sdom] | | Nor the Battle for the Strong (novel), A. Levin-Epstein, 1971; Astrolog, 2000 [Lo La-Giborim Ha-Milchama] | | The Forbidden Fruit (stories), Achiasaf, 1977 [Ha-Pri Ha-Asur] | | Efrat (stories), Tarmil, 1978 [Efrat] | | Peace of Mind (novel), Zmora-Bitan-Modan, 1979 [Ha-Sheket Ha-Nafshi] | | Lovely and Pleasant (novel), Bitan, 1985 [Ha-Neʹehavim Ve-Ha-Neʹimim] | | Yearning (stories), Zmora-Bitan, 1987 [Erga] | | The Night They Hanged Sergeant Morton (novel), Yedioth Ahronoth, 1994 [Ha-Layla She-Bo Talu Et Serjent Morton] | | Three Loves (novel), Astrolog, 2000 [Shalosh Ahavot] | | My Village (novel), Astrolog, 2000 [Ha-Moshava Sheli] | | My Meat Shop (novel), Astrolog, 2001 [Chanut Ha-Basar Sheli] | | The Book of Longings (novel), Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2009 [Sefer Ha-Gaʹaguim] | | My Travels with Women (novel), Sifrei Makor, 2013 [Masʹotay Im Nashim] | | After the Tumult (novel), Sifrei Makor, 2014 [Ve-Ha-Aretz Tirʹad: Saga EretzIsraʹelit Ba-Shanim 1834-1878] | | ----- | | POETRY | | God Shall Help Her and that Right Early: Poems 1955-1995, The Author, 1996; Astrolog, 2005 [Yaʹazreha Elohim Lifnot Boker] | | ----- | | NON-FICTION | | Sand Dunes and Blue Sky: Biography of Nachum Gutman, Yavneh, 1980 [Bein Cholot U-Kchol Shamayim] | | Nachum Gutman [introduction & ed.: Ehud Ben-Ezer] (album), Massada, 1984; Modan, 1997 [Nachum Gutman] | | Unease in Zion (interviews), Am Oved, 1986 [Ein Shaʹananim Be-Tzion: Sichot Al Mechir Ha-Tzionut] | | Shraga Netzer: A Life (biography), Edanim, 1990 [Shraga Netzer: Sipur Hayim] | | In the Homeland of Contradictory Longings: The Arab in Hebrew Fiction [introduction & ed.: Ehud Ben-Ezer] (anthology), Zmora-Bitan & The Hebrew Writers Association, 1992 [Bemoledet Ha-gaʹaguim Ha-Menugadim: Ha-Aravi Ba-Sifrut Ha-Ivrit] | | The Prose Workshop, The Author, 1997; Astrolog, 2000 [Sadnat Ha-Proza: Ha-Madrich Li-Chtiva Atzmit] | | Courage: The Story of Moshe Dayan
(biography)
, Ministry of Defense, 1997 [Ometz: Sipuro Shel Moshe Dayan] | | Days of Gall and Honey: The Biography of the Poetess Esther Raab, Am Oved, 1998 [Yamim Shel Laʹana U-Dvash: Sipur Chayeha Shel Ha-Meshoreret Esther Raab] | | Brenner and the Arabs, Astrolog, 2001 [Brenner Ve-Ha-Aravim: Bi-Mlot 80 Le-Heiratzcho] | | Educating the Fish: A Testimony about Pinhas Sadeh, Astrolog, 2002 [Lehasbir La-Dagim: Edut Al Pinhas Sadeh] | | ----- | | CHILDREN & YOUTH | | A Night in the Sleeping Vegetable Garden (children), Massada, 1972 [Layla Be-Ginat Ha-Yerakot Ha-Nirdamim] | | Oferit the Fibster (children), Yavneh, 1977 [Oferit Bloferit] | | Who Cuts the Barbeʹrs Hair? (children), Yavneh, 1982 [Mi Mesaper Et Ha-Saparim?] | | The Treasure of the First Well (youth), Schocken, 1982 [Otzar Ha-Beʹer Ha-Rishona] | | Following the Desert Jews (youth), Schocken, 1983 [Be-Ikvot Yehudei Ha-Midbar] | | The Bargain (children), Haetgar, 1985 [Ha-Metzia] | | Sailing in a Watermelon Peel
(youth)
, Rachgold, 1987 [Lashut Bi-Klipat Avatiach] | | When Israel Went Out of Egypt: The Story of Exodus (children), Yavneh, 1987 [Be-Tzet Israel Mi-Mitzrayim] | | 50 Adolescent Cracks (youth), Rachgold, 1987 [50 Shirei Mitbagrim] | | Now Summer, Now Ice-cream! (youth) , Yavneh, 1989 [Achshav Kayitz, Achshav Glida!] | | Riders on the Yarkon River
(youth)
, Sreberk, 1989 [Parashim Al Ha-Yarkon] | | 40 Israeli Teenagersʹ Stories (youth), R. Sirkis, 1991 [Yetshupar Ha-Noʹar!: 40 Sipurei Hitbagrut Shel Banim U-Vanot] | | Jedda: The Story of Abraham Shapira, the Village Guard (youth), Am Oved, Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, 1993 [Jedda: Sipuro Shel Avraham Shapira, Shomer Ha-Moshava] | | The Girl From the Sea (children-picture bk), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1996 [Ha-Yalda Min Ha-Yam] | | Davie Fafel
(children-picture bk)
, Matar, 1996 [Dudu Fafel] | | Hosni the Dreamer: An Arabian Tale
(children-picture bk)
, 1st pub. (English): Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1997 | |
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Books in Translation
German: Neu Isenburg, Semit Edition im Melzer, 2004
Unease in Zion
English: New York, Quadrangle, 1974
Sand Dunes and Blue Sky
Russian: Jerusalem, Aliya, 1990
Sleepwalkers & Other Stories: The Arab in Hebrew Fiction (ed. Ehud Ben Ezer)
English: New York, Lynne Rienner, 1999; London, Lynne Rienner, 1999
Arabic: Lebanon, Dar al-Hamraa, 2001
Hosni the Dreamer: An Arabian Tale
English: New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997; Canada HarperCollins , 1997
Afrikaans: Southafrica, Anansi, 1997
Korean: Seoul, Kemongsa, 2002
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