Ram Oren (Author)

Ram Oren (born 1936 in Tel Aviv , League of Nations mandate for Palestine ) is an Israeli lawyer, journalist , writer and publisher .

Life

Oren was born in Tel Aviv. He gained his first experience in a newspaper publisher as a 15-year-old messenger for the Jedi'ot Acharonot newspaper , from 1952 to 1955 he was its correspondent . From 1955 to 1958 he was a reporter for the weekly newspaper Bamahane of the Israel Army . From 1958 to 1963 he studied law at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. From 1964 to 1994 he worked again for Jedi'ot Acharonot, among other things as chief reporter in New York . In 1994 he published his first novel, Seduction . In 1996 he founded the Keshet publishing house. 2010 appeared in German translation by Evelyn Reuter For you I dared. A child, a promise and a dramatic rescue over Gertruda Bablinska , who saved the three-year-old Michael Stolowitzky , who was entrusted to her, from the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel described the text as written with impressive talent and suspense, this true story will appeal to many.

Publishers Weekly referred to Oren as the "Israeli John Grisham ". He is one of the most successful bestselling authors in Israel. His novel Pituy (Seduction) was made into a film by Eran Riklis in 2002 .

Works

in German translation

• I dared to do it for you. One child, one promise, and one dramatic rescue. In collaboration with Michael Stolowitzky. Translation from English Evelyn Reuter. Gießen: Brunnen, 2010. ISBN 978-3-7655-1767-9
  • Gertruda's Promise, A Dramatic Rescue of a Jewish Boy . Cologne: Dumont, 2015 ISBN 978-3-8321-6333-4
• (with Moti Kfir): Sylvia Rafael . Mossad agent. From the Heb. by Ruth Achlama . Arche Verlag, Zurich 2012 ISBN 978-3-7160-2668-7
• Oranges from Jaffa: Stories . From the Heb. by Elisabeth Hausen. Gießen: Brunnen, 2012 ISBN 978-3-7655-1234-6

Web links

• Literature by and about Ram Oren in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Ram Oren (author) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Short biography and reviews of works by Ram Oren at perlentaucher.de
• Ram Oren in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Personal Website (English)
• Julie Cooper: Gertruda's Oath. Teacher's Guide [Handouts for using the book in school lessons at Random House (en)]
• Judith Kessler: The Guardian Angel . Review, in: Jüdisches Leben , Berlin, April 2011 PDF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gertruda's Oath , blurb of the English edition at Penguin
2. ↑ Doug Chandler: The Hero Of An Israeli Best Seller , at timesofisrael, September 20, 2007