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Born in Jerusalem in 1954, David Grossman is a leading Israeli writer of his generation and his work has been translated into more than thirty languages.
He is the author of eight internationally acclaimed novels, and two powerful journalistic accounts, as well as a number of children’s books, a children’s opera and a play. Grossman has been presented with numerous awards including Chevalier de l’Ordre des Artes et des Lettres (France), Prix Eliette Von Karajan (Austria), The Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation (UK), the Buxtehuder Bulle (Germany), the Sapir Prize (Israel), the Premio per la Pace e l’Azione Umanitaria 2006 (City of Rome/Italy), Onorificenza della Stella Solidarita Italiana 2007, Premio Ischia – International Award for Journalism 2007, the EMET Award 2007 (Israel), the Geschwister Scholl Prize 2008 (Germany),the Albatros Prize, awarded by the Gunter Grass Foundation. Grossman was the recipient of the prestigious Peace Prize of the German Booksellers Association in Frankfurt 2010 and in 2011 was awarded France’s Prix Medicis for translated literature.
Awards
Grossman has been presented with numerous awards including Chevalier de l’Ordre des Artes et des Lettres (France), Valumbrosa Prize (Italy), Prix Eliette Von Karajan (Austria), Premio Grinzane (Italy), Premio Mondelo (Italy), Vittorio de Sica Prize (Italy) the Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation (UK), the Juliet Club Prize (Italy), the Buxtehuder Bulle 2001 (Germany), the Sapir Prize (2001), the Premio per la Pace e l’Azione Umanitaria 2006 (City of Rome/Italy), Onorificenza della Stella Solidarita Italiana 2007, Premio Ischia – International Award for Journalism 2007, the EMET Award 2007 (Israel), the Geschwister Scholl Prize 2008 (Germany) and the 2011-2012 Brenner Prize (Israel) .
FALLING OUT OF TIME (Fiction) 2011
THE HUG (Children, Adult) 2011
UNTIL THE END OF THE LAND (Fiction) 2008
WRITING IN THE DARK (Essays) 2008
DEATH AS A WAY OF LIFE (Essays) 2003
IN ANOTHER LIFE (Fiction, 2 Novellas) 2002
SOMEONE TO RUN WITH (Fiction, Young Adult) 2000
YOU SHALL BE MY KNIFE (Fiction) 1998
THE ZIGZAG KID (Fiction) 1994
SLEEPING ON A WIRE (Non-Fiction) 1992
THE BOOK OF INTIMATE GRAMMAR (Fiction) 1991
THE YELLOW WIND (Non-Fiction) 1988
SEE UNDER: LOVE (Fiction) 1986
THE SMILE OF THE LAMB (Fiction) 1983
JOGGER (Short Stories) 1983
RIKI’S KINDERGARDEN (Play) 1988
ITAMAR, six titles (Children) 1988-1992
URI’S SPECIAL LANGUAGE (Children) 1996
ONCE YOU WERE TWO MONKEYS (Children) 1996
GIRAFFE BEDTIME (Children) 1999
DON’T WORRY RUTI (Children) 1999
RUTI WILL SLEEP AND SLEEEEP (Children) 2004
WHO WANTS A PIGGYBACK? (Children) 2011
Bestselling Ghostwriter & Celebrity Biographer.
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