Midnight Convoy & Other Stories - Softcover

Yizhar, S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592641830 ISBN 13: 9781592641833

Publisher: Toby Press, 2007

Synopsis

This representative collection of Yizhar's work dates back to his first published story, 'Ephraim Goes Back to Alfafa'.

About this title

About the Author:

S. YIZHAR (Yizhar Smilansky, 1916-2006) was born in Rehovot, Israel, to a family of Russian immigrants who were members of the Zionist pioneer intelligentsia. He fought in the 1948 War of Independence, was a member of the political parties headed by David Ben Gurion and held a seat in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, for 17 years. Yizhar was professor of education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and professor of Hebrew literature at Tel Aviv University. He started publishing in 1938, writing fiction for both adults and children. Yizhar was considered Israel's most illustrious writer. He was awarded the Israel Prize for his masterpiece, Days of Ziklag (1959). He also received the Brenner Prize, the Bialik Prize (1991) and the Emet Prize for Art, Science and Culture (2002). Days of Ziklag is included among The 100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature (2001).

Review:

There is some of Yizhar in every writer who has come after him. -- Amos Oz "Review"

About this edition

• Publisher: Toby Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1592641830
• ISBN 13: 9781592641833
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 283