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Born in Haifa in 1963, Judith Katzir studied literature and cinema at Tel Aviv University. At present, she is an editor at Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah Publishing House and teaches creative writing. Katzir, a bestselling author in Israel, has published collections of stories and novellas, novels and children's books. In addition to literary prizes for individual stories, Katzir has received the Book Publishers Association's Gold and Platinum Book Prizes (1995; 1996; 1999; 2004), the Prime Minister's Prize twice (1996; 2007), the French WIZO Prize for Matisse Has the Sun in His Belly (2004) and the Culture Minister's Zionism Prize (2014). Her latest novel, Tzilla, was shortlisted for the Sapir Prize (2013). Katzir's work has been translated in 12 languages.
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Books Published in Hebrew
| | Closing the Sea
(stories & novellas)
, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1990 [Sogrim Et Ha-Yam] | | Amaliaʹs Picnic (children-picture bk), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1994 [Ha-Piknik Shel Amalia] | | Matisse Has the Sun in His Belly
(novel)
, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 1995 [Le-Matisse Yesh Et Ha-Shemesh Ba-Beten] | | Inland Lighthouses
(novellas)
, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 1999 [Migdalorim Shel Yabasha] | | Bubble in the Wind
(children-picture bk)
, Sifriat Poalim, 2002 [Bua Al Gav Ha-Ruach] | | Dearest Anne
(novel)
, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 2003 [Hine Ani Matchila] | | Haifa Stories (stories & novellas), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 2005 [Sipurei Haifa] | | Freeing the Fairies
(children-picture bk)
, Sifriat Poalim/ Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2006 [Leshachrer Et Ha-Feyot] | | Tel Aviv Stories
(novellas)
, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 2008 [Sipurei Tel-Aviv] | | Tzilla
(novel)
, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 2013 [Tzilla] | | ----- | | PERFORMED PLAYS | | Dvora Baron [Cameri, 2000] | |
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Books in Translation
Dutch: Amsterdam, Arena, 1991
English: New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992; New York/London, Toby Press, 2006; Las Vegas, AmazonCrossing, forthcoming
Italian: Milan, Mondadori, 1992
Spanish: Barcelona, Lumen, 1996; Fellin's Shoes (novella): Barcelona, Debolsillo, 2000
Portuguese: Lisbon, Difel, 1998
German: Zurich, Ammann, 2000; pback: Munich: btb, 2002
Estonian (Fellini's Shoes; Schlafstunde): Tallinn, Loomingu Ramatukogu, 2009 Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassallucci, 1997
German: Zurich, Ammann, 1997; pback: Munich, btb, 1999
French: Paris, Joelle Losfeld, 2003
Polish: Cracow, Emg, 2007 Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassallucci, 2002
German: Munich, Bertelsmann, 2001; pback: 2003
Chinese: Hefei, Anhui Literature & Art Pubs., 2007
Russian: Moscow, Text, 2008 German: Munich, btb, 2006
French: Paris, Joelle Losfeld, 2008
Dutch: Amsterdam, Sirene, 2008; pback, Amsterdam, Rainbow, 2010
English: New York, Feminist Press, 2008
Italian: Rome, Atmosphere Libri, 2015 Arabic: Israel, Israeli Center for Libraries, 2015 Serbian: Belgrade, Clio, 2016 Macedonian: Skkopje, Beta Press, 2019
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