Amir Gutfreund Explained

Amir Gutfreund
Native Name:	אמיר גוטפרוינד
Native Name Lang:	he
Birth Date:	23 July 1963
Occupation:	Writer, columnist
Language:	Hebrew
Nationality:	Israeli
Notableworks:	Our Holocaust, The World, a Little Later, When Heroes Fly
Awards:	Buchman Prize (2001), Sapir Prize (2003), Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize (2009), Ramat Gan Prize for Literature (2015)

Amir Gutfreund (Hebrew: אמיר גוטפרוינד) (July 23, 1963 - November 27, 2015) was an Israeli writer and columnist for the Maariv newspaper.^{[1] [2]}

Books

• 2000: (novel, translated into German, English, French, Czech and Hungarian)^[3]
• 2002: אחוזות החוף Ahuzot HaHof or The Shoreline Mansions (short story collection)^[4]
• 2005:העולם, קצת אחר כך The World, a Little Later (novel) ^[5]
  • In English: The World a Moment Later (translated by Jessica Cohen, Toby Press)
• 2008: בשבילה גיבורים עפים Heroes Fly to Her / When Heroes Fly (novel)
• 2013: מזל עורב Crow
• 2014: אגדת ברונו ואדלה (Agadát Bruno VeAdela), The Legend of Bruno and Adela
• 2016: הר האושר Mount of Happiness / Mount of Beatitudes (unfinished, posthumous) ^[6]

Awards

• 2001: for Our Holocaust^[7]
• 2003: Sapir Prize for Ahuzot HaHof^[4]
• 2009: Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize for The World a Moment Later
• 2015: for The Legend of Bruno and Adela^{[8] [2] [9]}

Influence

• When Heroes Fly, Israeli drama TV series based on the novel Heroes Fly to Her. The series won Best Series at the first Canneseries Festival in April 2018.^[10]
  • Echo 3, an English-language TV series based on the Israeli series
• The Matchmaker (2010 film) (Hebrew: פעם הייתי, lit. "Once I Was", Once Upon a Time I Was), inspired by the novel When Heroes Fly

Notes and References

1. https://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/00573 אמיר גוטפרוינד (1963־2015) Amir Guttfreund
2. https://www.ithl.org.il/page_13341 "Amir Gutfreund"
3. ללא הסבר, ללא סוף(cached webpage), Haaretz, April 9, 2002 -- an interview about the book
4. Shiri Lev-Ari, "A Writer Dressed in Khaki", Haaretz, June 17, 2003
5. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3142718,00.html מי שחלם
6. https://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/prose/2016-02-17/ty-article/.premium/0000017f-db95-d856-a37f-ffd5b2450000 "הר האושר": אמיר גוטפרוינד נפרד באהבה
7. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3248002,00.html ספר זהב ל"שואה שלנו" מאת אמיר גוטפרוינד
8. https://www.ramat-gan.muni.il/files/site_tree/community_reach/posts/Literature_Prize/winners/Ramat_Gan_Sifrut_2015.pdf פרס רמת־גן לספרות
9. https://www.thedeborahharrisagency.com/the-legend-of-bruno-and-adela "THE LEGEND OF BRUNO AND ADELA"
10. News: Hopewell . John . ‘When Heroes Fly,’ ‘State of Happiness’ Top Canneseries . Variety . 11 April 2018 . en.