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Haim Gouri

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Haim Gouri

Pen Names: Gurfinkel（birth name）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1923-10-09 （Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine）
Died
2018-01-31 （Jerusalem, Israel） age 94
Nationality
Israel
Languages
Hebrew
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Tel Aviv → Jerusalem

Career

Occupations
poet, novelist, journalist, documentary filmmaker
Active Years
1945-2018
Nominations
Academy Award for Documentary Feature nomination (The 81st Blow)

Education

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Period: 1940年代
Country: Israel
Studied literature
Sorbonne (University of Paris)
Period: 1940年代
Country: France
Studied literature abroad

Awards

Sokolow Award
1961
Category: ジャーナリズム
Organization: Tel Aviv Municipality (Sokolow Award)
Result: winner
Bialik Prize
1975
Category: 文学
Organization: Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize)
Result: winner
Israel Prize
1988
Category: ヘブライ詩
Organization: State of Israel (Israel Prize Committee)
Result: recipient
Uri Zvi Grinberg Award
1998
Category: 文学
Organization: Uri Zvi Grinberg Award committee
Result: winner
Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works
2004
Category: 文学
Organization: Prime Minister's Office (Israel)
Result: winner
Ministry of Culture and Sport 'Zionist works of art' prize
2016
Organization: Ministry of Culture and Sport (Israel)
Result: declined

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Flowers of Fire

1949 Poetry collection

An early collection published after the 1948 war; contains poems addressing war, loss and collective memory.

warmemoryloss

The Chocolate Deal

1965 Fiction / Novel

A novel published in the 1960s that was translated into English and introduced internationally.

individual and societyidentity
Translations
  • English translation (1968)
  • English translation (1999, Wayne State University Press)

Facing the Glass Booth

1962 Non-fiction

A documentary account of the Eichmann trial; examines the Holocaust and collective memory through courtroom reporting.

Holocaustmemoryjustice
Translations
  • English translation (2004, Wayne State University)

The 81st Blow

1974 Documentary film

Part of Gouri's Holocaust trilogy; he co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed. Released in 1974 and nominated for an Academy Award.

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Adaptations
  • [Documentary film] The 81st Blow / Haim Gouri（共同監督） (1974)

Bibliography

  • Flowers of Fire (poetry, 1949)
  • Till Dawn (poetry, 1950)
  • The Chocolate Deal (novel, 1965)
  • Facing the Glass Booth (non-fiction, 1962)
  • The 81st Blow (documentary film, 1974)

Adaptations

  • The 81st Blow (documentary film, 1974)
  • The Last Sea; Flames in the Ashes (Holocaust trilogy, 1980; 1985)

Translations of Works

  • Words in My Love-Sick Blood (selected poems in English, 1996)
  • The Chocolate Deal (English translations 1968; reprint 1999)
  • Facing the Glass Booth (English translation, 2004)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical and testimonial poetic voicedirect realism depicting war experiences and memoryuse of concise forms and striking imagery
Recurring Motifs
war and battlefieldHolocaust memorydeath and losscommunity and comradeship

Legacy

Haim Gouri was a major Israeli poet, writer and filmmaker whose poetic testimony about war and memory had a national influence. His documentaries such as The 81st Blow and poems tied to collective memory are widely acclaimed.

Archives

  • Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature (related materials)

In Popular Culture

  • Works such as the song 'Hareut (Comradeship)' have become part of national ceremonies and memory culture

Trivia

  • Served in the Palmach and participated in the 1948 War of Independence.
  • In 1947 he went to Hungary to help bring Holocaust survivors to Mandatory Palestine.
  • Recipient of the Israel Prize for Hebrew poetry in 1988.
  • Declined a Ministry of Culture and Sport 'Zionist works of art' prize in 2016.