Sapir Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2005) Winner
Alona Frankel
アロナ・フランケル
Arona Furankeru
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1937-06-27 （Kraków, Poland）
- Nationality
- Israel
- Languages
- Hebrew, Polish
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Kraków (birthplace) → Israel (immigrated 1949)
Career
- Occupations
- Illustrator, Writer, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1967-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avni Institute of Art and Design | — | Art | — | — | Israel |
Avni Institute of Art and Design
Art
Country:
Israel
Studied art before beginning work as a children's book author and illustrator
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sapir Prize for Literature | Girl (Hebrew: Yalda) | — | Sapir Prize (Israel) | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Jacob Buchman Memorial Foundation Prize (for Holocaust Literature) | Girl (Yalda) | — | Yad Vashem / Jacob Buchman Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works | — | — | Prime Minister's Office (Israel) | 受賞 |
| — | Hans Christian Andersen Honor Citation | — | — | International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) | 受賞（名誉） |
| — | Parent's Choice Award | Once Upon a Potty | — | Parent's Choice Foundation | 受賞（複数回） |
Sapir Prize for Literature
2005
Work:
Girl (Hebrew: Yalda)
Organization:
Sapir Prize (Israel)
Result:
受賞
Jacob Buchman Memorial Foundation Prize (for Holocaust Literature)
2005
Work:
Girl (Yalda)
Organization:
Yad Vashem / Jacob Buchman Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works
2014
Organization:
Prime Minister's Office (Israel)
Result:
受賞
Hans Christian Andersen Honor Citation
Organization:
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
Result:
受賞（名誉）
Parent's Choice Award
Work:
Once Upon a Potty
Organization:
Parent's Choice Foundation
Result:
受賞（複数回）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Once Upon a Potty
1975 Children's book (childcare / toilet training)A picture book about toilet training for young children. Originally published in Hebrew in 1975 and later released in English (1980), it became an international bestseller.
childhoodparentingtoilet training
Adaptations
- [Video] Once Upon a Potty (video edition)
Translations
- English: Once Upon a Potty
Girl (Yalda)
2004 Memoir / AutobiographyA memoir recounting the author's childhood, experiences during the Holocaust, and life in hiding. This adult work received critical acclaim and won the Sapir Prize.
Holocaustmemoryidentity
Translations
- English edition (Indiana University Press, 2016)
- Polish translation
- Czech translation
Once Upon an Elephant / A Family of Tiny White Elephants
Children's bookA children's picture book featuring elephants (titles/editions vary).
familyanimals
Bibliography
- Once Upon a Potty
- Once Upon an Elephant / A Family of Tiny White Elephants
- A True Story (or Once Upon a Bird)
- A Book Full of Love
- Girl (Yalda)
- Teen
- Woman
Adaptations
- Video editions and instructional videos of Once Upon a Potty
Translations of Works
- Translated into English, Polish, Czech and reportedly into 12 languages in total
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise, illustration-driven children's literatureAutobiographical, evocative prose in adult memoirs
- Recurring Motifs
- childhood memoriesfamilysurvival and hidingeveryday humor
Legacy
Alona Frankel is influential both as an author-illustrator of childcare-oriented picture books and as a memoirist of Holocaust experiences. Once Upon a Potty became widely used in parenting contexts and reached popular recognition; her adult memoir Girl received literary acclaim and notable awards.
In Popular Culture
- Once Upon a Potty has been widely used as a childcare resource in the U.S. and elsewhere, selling millions of copies.
Trivia
- The Once Upon a Potty series is reported to have sold over 5,000,000 copies in the United States alone.
- Frankel is a Holocaust survivor; her memoirs based on those experiences have won literary prizes.