Adam Resurrected (Hebrew: אדם בן כלב|Adam ben Kelev) is a 1969 novel by Israeli author Yoram Kaniuk. The Hebrew title literally translates to Adam, Son of a Dog. The novel tells a story of a Holocaust survivor, a Jewish German clown Adam Stein who had to play this role in the Nazi extermination camp, in particular, he had to act as camp commandant's dog.[1]
It was translated into English by Seymour Simckes in 1971.[2]
The story is set in a psychiatric hospital in Arad, where Adam Stein was placed after the immigration to the Land of Israel.
In 1993, a play was staged in the Gesher Theater directed by Yevgeny Aryeh based on the adaptation of the book into a play by and translated into Hebrew by Mark Ivanir.[3] The play run in Israel and abroad with success for a long time.[4]
In 2008 a drama film with the same name was released based in the novel.