Assaf Gavron
Assaf Gavron (born December 21, 1968 in Arad ) is an Israeli musician and author.
Life
Assaf Gavron grew up as a child of English immigrants near Jerusalem and stayed in London during his studies and then for ten years , and he also studied for a year in Vancouver . Today he lives with his family in Tel Aviv .
He has published several novels and short stories and is a bestselling author in Israel. He writes songs for the indie punk band Hape Ve Hatlafajim , in which he also sings. In 2007 Gavron contributed to the development of the video game PeaceMaker , which deals with the Middle East conflict and whose objective is the two-state solution . Gavron has u. a. Jonathan Safran Foer , Philip Roth and JD Salinger translated into Hebrew . He also writes for the Habimah Theater .
In 2010 he was a guest of the DAAD's Berlin artist program and was among the participants in the Berlin International Literature Festival . In 2012, his novel A beautiful assassination was presented in the campaign A book for the city in the greater Cologne area, the novel received the Prix Courrier International from the magazine Courrier international in France . Gavron received an Israeli Prime Minister's Prize and the Geffen Prize in 2011. For his novel On Foreign Land , he was awarded the Bernstein Prize , the second most important literary prize in Israel.
bibliography
- אייס. Novel. 1997.
- מין בבית העלמין. Stories. 2000.
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מובינג. Novel. 2003.
- Everything paletti . From the Hebrew by Barbara Linner. Luchterhand, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-630-62184-5 .
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תנין פיגוע. Novel. 2006.
- A nice assassination attempt . From the Hebrew by Barbara Linner. Luchterhand, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-74008-6 .
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הידרומניה. Novel. 2008.
- Hydromania . From the Hebrew by Barbara Linner. Luchterhand, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-641-14944-4 .
- אוכל בעמידה. Reports. 2009.
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הגבעה. Novel. 2013.
- On foreign land . From the Hebrew by Barbara Linner. Luchterhand, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-630-87419-7 .
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שמונה עשרה מלקות. Novel. 2017.
- Eighteen lashes . From the Hebrew by Barbara Linner. Luchterhand, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-630-87563-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Assaf Gavron in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Assaf Gavron in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Short biography and reviews of works by Assaf Gavron at perlentaucher.de
- Assaf Gavron , website
- Assaf Gavron , publisher side
- “The present is terrible” , interview with Assaf Gavron by Katharina Granzin, Die Tageszeitung online from June 5, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ Assaf Gavron , at Berliner Künstlerprogramm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gavron, Assaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli musician and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arad , Israel |