Hanoch Bartov

Hanoch Bartov (born 1926) is an Israeli author and opinion writer.

Hanoch Bartov was born in Petah Tikva, where he attended first a religious school and then the Achad Haam gymnasium. After two years working in diamond polishing and welding, he enlisted in 1943 (aged 17) in the Palestine Regiment of the British Army. He served for three years in the Jewish Brigade, first in Palestine and then in Italy and the Low Countries.

He matriculated in Jewish and general history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During the War of Independence he served in field army units and in the Israel Defense Forces in Jerusalem. Afterwards he became a member of Kibbutz Ein Hahoresh.

From 1966 to 1968 he served as cultural advisor in the Israeli embassy in London.

Books published in English

* "The Brigade" (1967), translation of "Pitzei Bagrut" (1965)
* "Everyone Had Six Wings" (1974), translation of "Shesh Kenafaim Le-Echad" (1954)
* "An Israeli at the Court of St. James" (1971), translation of "Arba Yisraelim Be-Hatzer Saint James" (1969)
* "Whose Little Boy Are You?" (1978), translation of "Shel Mi Ata Yeled" (1970)
* "Dado, 48 years 20 days" (1981), translation of "Dado, 48 Shanim Ve-Od 20 Yom" (1978). "Note: An updated and expanded edition of this book was published in Hebrew in 2002 but has not yet been translated to English."

References

* Much of the content of this article comes from " [http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9A_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91 חנוך ברטוב] " (Hanoch Bartov) in the Hebrew-language Wikipedia. Retrieved October 26, 2005.

* " [http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=40 Hanoch Bartov] " at the Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature. Retrieved October 26, 2005.