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Uri Orlev

ウリ・オルレフ

Uri Orlev

Aliases: Jerzy Henryk Orłowski

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1931-02-24 （Warsaw）
Died
2022-07-26 （Israel） age 91
Nationality
Israeli, Polish
Languages
Polish, Hebrew
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Kibbutz Ginegar → Yemin Moshe neighborhood, Jerusalem

Career

Occupations
Writer, Translator
Active Years
1956-2022

Awards

Hans Christian Andersen Award
1996
Category: 児童文学
Organization: International Board on Books for Young People
Result: 受賞
Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works
1972
Organization: Prime Minister's Office
Result: 受賞
Bialik Prize
2006
Category: 文学
Organization: Tel Aviv Municipality
Result: 受賞
National Jewish Book Award
1992
Work: The Man From the Other Side
Organization: Jewish Book Council
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Island on Bird Street

1981 Children's literature

A boy orphaned in the Warsaw Ghetto survives alone in ruins.

HolocaustSurvivalCourage

Run, Boy, Run

2001 Children's literature

Story based on true events of a Jewish boy surviving in Poland during the Holocaust.

HolocaustIdentitySurvival
Adaptations
  • [Film] Run Boy Run / Rafał Wieczyński (2003)

The Lead Soldiers

1956 Children's literature

Author's early work with imaginative storytelling.

ImaginationFriendship

Bibliography

  • The Lead Soldiers
  • The Thing in the Dark
  • It's Hard to Be a Lion
  • The Island on Bird Street
  • Run, Boy, Run
  • Poems from Bergen-Belsen

Adaptations

  • Run Boy Run (film)

Translations by Author

  • Quo Vadis (Hebrew translation of Henryk Sienkiewicz)

Translations of Works

  • Translated into 36 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
High literary levelIntegrity and humorChild's perspective
Recurring Motifs
Holocaust experiencesChildren's survivalEarly life in Israel

Legacy

Renowned for Holocaust depictions in children's literature, recipient of Hans Christian Andersen Award. Works translated into 36 languages.

In Popular Culture

  • Appeared in documentary film 'Life is Strange'

Quotes

  • Uri Orlev's experience as a Jewish boy in war-torn Poland is the background of this outstanding writer for children.
    Source: Hans Christian Andersen Award jury citation (1996)

Trivia

  • Wrote and recited poetry in Bergen-Belsen, published later
  • Son Itamar Orlev is also a writer
  • Married twice, 3 children, 4 grandchildren