Benny Barbash
Benny Barbash (also: Barbasch and Beni Barbash ; born August 8, 1951 in Be'er Scheva ) is an Israeli writer and screenwriter who has received several awards and lives in Tel Aviv . He is the brother of the film director Uri Barbash , with whom he worked.
He served in the Israeli army for over ten years and was seriously injured in the Yom Kippur War . He holds a degree in history from Tel Aviv University and was a leading figure in the Shalom Achshaw movement in the 1980s and 1990s .
By 2011, Barbash had published three novels. He also writes plays and screenplays, including the script for the Israeli movie Beyond the Walls , for which he won several awards.
Works (selection)
- The Big Awakening , 1982
- My First Sony , 1994 (often translated)
- Rerun , 2003 (also German and French)
- The Little Big Bang , 2009 (also French, German and Italian)
- The man who grew an olive tree out of his ear in 2012
Filmography (selection)
- 1984: Beyond the Walls (Me'Ahorei Hasoragim)
- 1989: Land of Longing (Dreamers)
- 1990: Final Take Off - The last fight in the cockpit (Derech Ha'nesher)
Web links
- Benny Barbash in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature
- interview
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.israelispeakers.co.il/110277/Benny-Barbash-1
- ↑ http://www.ithl.org.il/page_13274
- ↑ German "My First Sony". Benny Barbash achieved his breakthrough as a bestselling author in Israel: A boy records his family's conversations on cassette and thus provides a chronicle of Israel's present.
- ↑ German "Probelauf". The novel tells the story of a man who tries to escape his well-worn life by assuming the identity of a supposedly deceased art forger.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barbash, Benny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barbash, Beni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli writer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beer Sheva |