Nir Baram
Nir Baram (born June 2, 1976 in Jerusalem ) is an Israeli author and journalist .
Life
Baram comes from a family of Israeli Avoda politicians of Ukrainian, Egyptian and Lebanese origins. His grandfather Moshe Bar'am was a minister in several cabinets in the country, as was his father Uzi Bar'am , who was most recently tourism minister.
Nir Baram graduated from Hebrew University High School in Jerusalem in 1994 before entering the 3-year military service. He studied Hebrew Literature at Tel Aviv University . Then he was an editor at the Am Oved publishing house . Since 2006 he has written several novels, which have also been translated into some European languages. He writes for the Israeli daily Haaretz and other publications.
In 2006 Baram and other poets and authors from his homeland campaigned for a ceasefire in the Lebanon war of the same year.
Prizes and awards
- 2006: Shortlist for the Sapir Prize for Literature for The Remaker of Dreams (German: Der Wiederträumer ).
- 2010: ditto for Good People (dt .: Good People ).
- 2010: Prime Minister's Prize in Hebrew Literature for Good People .
- 2010: Premio Roma for Literature for Good People .
Works (selection)
- Purple Love Story. German by Ruth Achlama , Orgler Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-934234-34-8 .
- The re-dreamer. Novel. German by Lydia Böhmer and Harry Oberländer , Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-89561-490-3 .
- Good people. Novel. German by Markus Lemke , Hanser, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-446-23969-2 .
- World shadow. German by Markus Lemke, Hanser, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-446-25264-6 .
- In the land of despair . German by Markus Lemke. Hanser, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-446-25046-8 .
- Awakening. Translated from the Hebrew by Ulrike Harnisch. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2020
Web links
- Author's blog (en.)
- Hanser-Verlag about the author
- Nir Baram , at the Berlin International Literature Festival 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the author's personal page , accessed on November 8, 2016
- ↑ Carsten Hueck: The attempt at a great throw. deutschlandradiokultur.de, September 12, 2016, accessed on November 8, 2016
- ↑ The way to my olive tree is life-threatening in FAZ from July 30, 2016 page 10
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baram, Nir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bar'am, Nir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli author and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2nd 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jerusalem , Israel |