Bialik Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 65 (1997) Winner
Yehoshua Kenaz
イェホシュア・ケナズ
Yehoshua Kenaz
Aliases:
Yehoshua Glass / イェホシュア・グラス
Pen Names:
Avi Otniel（Pen name used early in career when submitting a story to Keshet journal）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-03-02 （Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine）
- Died
- 2020-10-12 （Petah Tikva, Israel） age 83
- Nationality
- Israel
- Languages
- Hebrew, French
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Petah Tikva → Haifa → Jerusalem (studied at Hebrew University) → Paris (studied at the Sorbonne) → Tel Aviv (worked for Ha'aretz)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, translator, editor
- Active Years
- 1964-2020
- Affiliations
- Ha'aretz (editorial staff)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Faculty of Humanities | Philosophy and Romance Languages | — | — | Israel |
| Sorbonne (University of Paris) | Faculty of Letters | French Literature | — | — | France |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Faculty of Humanities
/ Philosophy and Romance Languages
Country:
Israel
Studied philosophy and Romance languages
Sorbonne (University of Paris)
Faculty of Letters
/ French Literature
Country:
France
Studied French literature and wrote his first story in Paris
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Alterman Prize | — | — | unknown | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Newman Prize | — | — | unknown | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Agnon Prize | — | — | unknown | 受賞 |
| 1994 | ACUM Prize | — | — | ACUM (Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel) | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Bialik Prize | — | — | Tel Aviv municipality / related academic body | 受賞 |
Alterman Prize
1991
Organization:
unknown
Result:
受賞
Newman Prize
1992
Organization:
unknown
Result:
受賞
Agnon Prize
1993
Organization:
unknown
Result:
受賞
ACUM Prize
1994
Organization:
ACUM (Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel)
Result:
受賞
Bialik Prize
1995
Organization:
Tel Aviv municipality / related academic body
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
After the Holidays
1964 novelA novel about the disintegration of a family in a small farming community in Palestine during the British Mandate.
family disintegrationcommunity
Adaptations
- [film] After the Holidays / Amnon Rubinstein (1994)
Translations
- After the Holidays (1987)
The Great Woman of the Dreams
1973 novelDepicts the lives of tenants in a rundown apartment building in Tel Aviv.
urban decaycommunal living
Musical Moment
1980 storiesA collection of four stories dealing with rites of manhood and the disruption of innocence.
rites of passageloss of innocence
Translations
- Musical Moment: And Other Stories (1998)
Infiltration
1986 novelThe story of a platoon of young recruits with minor physical disabilities during basic training at an Israeli army camp in the 1950s.
military lifecoming of agesocial marginalization
Adaptations
- [film] Infiltration / Dover Koshashvili (2010)
Translations
- Infiltration: A Novel (2003)
On the Way to the Cats
1991 novelTells the story of pensioners in an old-age home who engage in a pathetic power struggle.
agingpower strugglesloneliness
Adaptations
- [film] On the Way to the Cats / Jorge Gurvich (2009)
Translations
- The Way to the Cats: A Novel (1998)
Returning Lost Loves
1997 novelRuns several plots in parallel form, sharing common characters.
memoryrelationships
Adaptations
- [film] Alila / Amos Gitai (2003)
Translations
- Returning Lost Loves: A Novel (2001)
Landscape With Three Trees
2000 two novellasTwo stories about changes in Israeli society from pre-state days to the present.
social changehistory
Between Night and Dawn
2006 novellaA novella exploring transitions from night to dawn and psychological boundaries.
transitionpsychology
Bibliography
- After the Holidays (1964)
- The Great Woman of the Dreams (1973)
- Musical Moment (1980)
- Infiltration (1986)
- On the Way to the Cats (1991)
- Returning Lost Loves (1997)
- Landscape With Three Trees (2000)
- Between Night and Dawn (2006)
Adaptations
- Ahare Hahagim (film, 1994, dir. Amnon Rubinstein)
- Alila (film, 2003, dir. Amos Gitai)
- On the Way to the Cats (film, 2009, dir. Jorge Gurvich)
- Infiltration (film, 2010, dir. Dover Koshashvili)
Translations of Works
- After the Holidays (English translation, 1987)
- The Way to the Cats (English translation, 1998)
- Musical Moment: And Other Stories (English translation, 1998)
- Returning Lost Loves (English translation, 2001)
- Infiltration (English translation, 2003)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realismsocial-observational proseironic and wry tone
- Recurring Motifs
- military servicemasculinityaging and memoryurban/community decline
Health
-
COVID-192020Contracted COVID-19 and died in October 2020
Legacy
One of the leading figures of Hebrew literature; Infiltration was named among the ten most important books in Israeli history. He translated many French classics and is praised for his fine-grained observations of contemporary Israeli society.
Academic Societies
- Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature (as referenced/evaluative body)
In Popular Culture
- Several novels adapted into films and screened at Israeli film festivals
Trivia
- Born Yehoshua Glass; changed his surname to Kenaz after the Biblical name Othniel Ben Kenaz.
- Learned to play the violin as a child.
- Used the pen name 'Avi Otniel' when submitting an early story.
- Infiltration became a bestseller in 1986 and was named one of the ten most important books in Israeli history in 2007.