Amir Gutfreund



Amir Gutfreund (אמיר גוטפרוינד) (July 23, 1963 - November 27, 2015) was an Israeli writer and columnist for the Maariv newspaper.

Books

 * 2000: Our Holocaust (novel, translated into German, English, French, Czech and Hungarian)
 * 2002: אחוזות החוף Ahuzot HaHof or The Shoreline Mansions (short story collection)
 * 2005:העולם, קצת אחר כך The World, a Little Later (novel)
 * 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)

Awards

 * 2001: Buchman Prize for Our Holocaust
 * 2003: Sapir Prize for  Ahuzot HaHof
 * 2009: Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize for The World a Moment Later
 * 2015: Ramat Gan Prize for Literature for The Legend of Bruno and Adela

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.
 * Echo 3, an English-language TV series based on the Israeli series
 * The Matchmaker (2010 film) (פעם הייתי, lit. "Once I Was", Once Upon a Time I Was), inspired by the novel When Heroes Fly