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Aharon Megged (1920-2016) was born in Wroclawek, Poland, and came to pre-state Israel when he was six. He lived on a kibbutz for many years, working in agriculture and fishing. Later, he became a journalist and literary editor, served as cultural attache in London, and was writer-in-residence at Oxford and Haifa Universities. He served as president of the Israeli branch of PEN from 1980 to 1987, and was a member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language since 1980. Megged published over 40 books. Among his many literary awards: the Ussishkin Prize twice (1954; 1965), The Brenner Prize (1958), the Shlonsky Prize (1963), the Fichman Prize (1979), the Bialik Prize (1973), the Kenneth B.
Smilen/Present Tense Literary Award (USA, 1983), the ACUM Prize (1990), the Neuman Prize (1991), the Agnon Prize (1996), the WIZO Prize (France, 1998), the Prime Minister's Prize (1998; 2007), the President's Prize (2001), the Israel Prize for Literature (2003) and the Koret Jewish Book Award (USA, 2004). He also received an Honorary Doctorate by Bar-Ilan University (2008).
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Books Published in Hebrew
| Spirit of the Seas (stories), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1950 [Ruah Yamim] | Far Away in the Prairie (play), Sifriat Poalim, 1951 [Harhek Ba-Arava] | Hedva and I (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1953 [Hedva Va-Ani] | Israeli Folk (stories), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1955 [Israel Haverim] | I Like Mike (play), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1956 [I Like Mike] | Hanna Senesh (play), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1958; Or-Am, 1989 [Hanna Senesh] | Fortunes of a Fool (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1960 [Mikreh Ha-Ksil] | The Escape (novellas), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1962 [Ha-Brihah] | The Living on the Dead
(novel)
, Am Oved, 1965; Achuzat Bayit, 2006 (see: Three of Them, below) [Ha-Hay Al Ha-Met] | The High Season (play), Amikam, 1967 [Ha-Ona Ha-Boʹeret] | The Second Day (stories), Tarmil, 1967 [Ha-Yom Ha-Sheni] | The Short Life (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1972 [Ha-Hayim Ha-Ketzarim] | Evyatarʹs Notebooks (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1973; Achuzat Bayit, 2006 (see: Three of Them, below) [Mahbarot Evyatar] | Midday (stories), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1973 [Hatzot Ha-Yom] | Of Trees and Stones (novel), Am Oved, 1974; Achuzat Bayit, 2006 (see: Three of Them, below) [Al Etzim Va-Avanim] | The Bat (novel), Am Oved, 1975 [Ha-Atalef] | Heinz, His Son, and the Evil Spirit (novel), Am Oved, 1976 [Heinz U-Vno Ve-Haruah Ha-Raʹah] | Asahel (novel), Am Oved, 1978; New Ed. 2004 [Ashael] | Journey in the Month of Av (novel), Am Oved, 1980; New Ed. 2004; Yedioth Ahronoth, 2010 [Masah Be-Av] | The Flying Camel and the Golden Hump
(novel)
, Am Oved, 1982 [Ha-Gamal Ha-Meʹofef Ve-Dabeshet Ha-Zahav] | Indecent Act (novellas), Am Oved, 1986 [Maʹaseh Meguneh] | Foiglman
(novel)
, Am Oved, 1987 [Foiglman] | Genesis (play), Or-Am, 1989 [Bereshit] | Selected Stories, Zmora Bitan, 1989 [Mivhar Sipurim] | Anat’s Day of Illumination
(novel)
, Am Oved, 1992 [Yom Ha-Or Shel Anat] | Longing for Olga
(novel)
, Am Oved, 1994 [Gaʹaguim Le-Olga] | Iniquity (novel), Am Oved, 1996 [Avel] | Mandrakes from the Holy Land
(novel)
, Am Oved, 1998 [Dudaʹim Min Ha-Aretz Ha-Kedoshah] | Persephone Remembers (novel), Zmora Bitan, 2000 [Persefona Zocheret] | Till Evening Falls
(novella)
, Zmora-Bitan, 2001 [Ad Ha-Erev] | Yotam’s Vengeance
(novella)
, Zmora-Bitan, 2003 [Nikmat Yotam] | The Honeymoons of Professor Lunz (novella), Zmora-Bitan, 2005 [Yarchei Ha-Dvash Shel Professor Lunz] | Three of Them (novels), Achuzat Bait, 2006 [Shlosha Mihem] | Flies
(novel)
, Achuzat Bayit, 2008 [Zvuvim] | The Ten Days of Awe (novel), Xargol/ Am Oved, 2010 [Aseret Ha-Yamim Ha-Noraʹim] | Graves of Lust (novel), Xargol/ Am Oved. 2013 [Kivrot Ha-Taʹava] | ----- | CHILDREN | To the Children in Yemen, New York-United Synagogues, 1946 [El Ha-Yeladim Be-Teiman] | Young Love, Dvir, 1979 [Ahavat Neurim] | Nadav and His Mother, Dvir, 1989 [Nadav Ve-Imo] | ----- | NON-FICTION | The Story of the Selvino Children : Journey to the Promised Land , Am Oved, 1984 [Masah Ha-Yeladim La-Aretz Ha-Muvtahat] | The Turbulent Zone (essays), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1985 [Ezor Ha-Raʹash] | The Writing Desk (essays), Am Oved, 1989 [Shulhan Ha-Ketivah] | Land of Rocks (essays), Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, 2011 [Eretz Avanim] | ----- | PERFORMED PLAYS | Incubator on the Rocks [Ohel, 1950] | On the Road to Eilat [Far Away in the Prairie] [Habima, 1951; Notzer Theatre, 2011] | Hedva and I [Habima, 1954] | 5:5 [Ohel, 1956] | I Like Mike [Habima, 1956] | Hanna Senesh [Habima, 1958] | Genesis (Habima, 1962) | The High Season (Habima, 1967) | To the Bird [Haifa Theatre, 1974] | |
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Books in Translation
English: London, Jonathan Cape, 1970; New York, Viking, 1970; New York, McCall, 1971; New York/ London, Toby Press, 2005; Las Vegas, AmazonCrossings, forthcoming
Romanian: Bucharest, Univers, 1972
Russian: Jerusalem, Aliya, 1977 German: Munich, Carl Hanser, 1991; pback: Munich, dtv, 1993
French: Geneva, Metropolis, 1994
English: New York/ London, Toby Press, 2007; Las Vegas, AmazonCrossings, forthcoming German: Gerlingen, Bleicher, 1992
French: Geneva, Metropolis, 1997
English: London, The Toby Press, 2003; Las Vegas, AmazonCrossings, forthcoming English: New York, Toby Press, 2005; Las Vegas, AmazonCrossings, forthcoming French: Paris, Bibliophane/Daniel Radford, 2003
Fortunes of a Fool
English: New York, Random House, 1962; London, Gollancz, 1962
Asahel
English: New York, Taplinger, 1982
The Short Life
English: New York, Taplinger, 1980
Hedva and I
English: Jerusalem, World Zionist Organization, 1957; New York, Taplinger, 1980
French: Jerusalem, Org. Sioniste Mondiale, 1962
Spanish: Buenos Aires, Candelabro, 1962
Russian: Tel Aviv, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1975; Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Aliya, 1980
Of Trees and Stones
French: Paris, Phebus, 1996
Heinz, His Son, and the Evil Spirit
German: Gerlingen, Bleicher, 1994
Shabbat
French: Geneve, Metropolis, 1998
The Story of the Selvino Children : Journey to the Promised Land
Italian: Milan, Mazzotta, 1997
English: London and Portland, Oregon, Vallentine Mitchell, 2002
Hanna Senesh (play)
Spanish: Buenos Aires, Editorial Israel, 1961
The First Sin (Genesis; play)
English: Jerusalem, World Zionist Organization, 1974
Spanish: Jerusalem, Instituto Central de Relaciones Culturales Israel, Iberoamerica, Espana, Portugal, 1964
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