Yehoshua Kenaz

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Yehoshua Kenaz (born 1937 , Hebrew יהושע קנז (Qenaz), as Yehoshua Glass in Petach Tikwa , League of Nations mandate for Palestine ) is an Israeli writer and literary translator.

Life

As a young man, Glass changed his name to Kenaz (after Otniël Ben Kenaz , because of the sound similarity to Glass ). After military service, he studied philosophy and Romance studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Sorbonne in Paris . Since then he has worked as a journalist and theater critic for the Haaretz newspaper and as a literary translator from French. His first story was published in 1960, and in 1986 he had a great success with the novel Hitganvut Yehidim ('Isolated Creeps '). The novel is still highly regarded in Israel today and was filmed by Dover Koshashvili in 2010 . So far he has also written the script for four of his novels and stories . In the 60s and 70s he was one of the editors of the quarterly journal Keschet (קשת 'arch'), in the 80 years for which the monthly Mahbarot la-sifrut (מחברות לספרות 'literature books').

Kenaz received various literary awards in Israel, including the 1995 Bialik Prize . He lives in Tel Aviv .

Works (selection)

  • 1964 After the Holidays (אחרי החגים), novel. From the Hebrew by Anne Birkenhauer . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-518-40974-3 .
  • 1973 The great woman from dreams (האישה הגדולה מן החלומות)
  • 1980 Moment musical (מומנט מוזיקלי)
  • 1986 Isolated creeps (התגנבות יחידים) novel
  • 1991 On the way to the cats (בדרך אל החתולים). Novel. From the Hebrew by Jakob Hessing. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-458-16625-4 .
  • 1997 Behind the Wall (Original title: The Bringer of Earlier Loves מחזיר אהבות קודמות). Novel. From the Hebrew by Barbara Linner. Luchterhand, Munich, ISBN 3-630-87078-3 .
  • 2000 landscape with three trees. Two Israeli short stories (נוף עם שלושה עצים). From the Hebrew by Barbara Linner. Luchterhand, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-630-87137-2 .
  • 2008 Apartment with courtyard entrance and other stories (דירה עם כניסה בחצר וסיפורים אחרים)
  • 2012 The afternoon performance . Nine stories. From the Hebrew by Barbara Linner. Luchterhand, Munich, ISBN 978-3-630-87333-6 .
  • 2013 choral singing (שירת המקהלה)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hitganvut Yehidim (2010)
  2. ↑ The madness on the outskirts in FAZ of December 7, 2012, page 32
personal data
SURNAME Kenaz, Yehoshua
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Qenaz, Yehôšuaʿ; Ḳenaz, Yehoshuaʿ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Petach Tikva