Yitzhak Ben Ner

Yitzhak Ben Ner ( _he. יצחק בן נר, also transliterated Itzhak Ben-Ner, b. 1937 in Kfar Yehoshua, Israel) was an influential Israeli writer, screenwriter, journalist, and film critic. He has also hosted and edited radio and TV programs.

He attended Tel Aviv University where he studied literature and drama. He started publishing as a boy, and published his first book for adults in 1967. Several books of his have been adapted for theatrical or cinematic productions. His play "Ta'atuon" won First Prize at the 1990 Theatroneto Festival. He was awarded the Agnon-Jerusalem Prize in 1981, the Bernstein Prize, the Ramat Gan Prize for Literature in 1983, and the Prime Minister's Prize in 2005. His books and stories have been translated into many languages.

Works

Books

*"After the Field-Burner" (children), 1967
*"The Man From There" (novel), 1967
*"Rustic Sunset" (story collection), 1976
*"Kishona, Children of the River" (children), 1977
*"After the Rain" (3 stories), 1979
*"My Friend Emmanuel and I" (children), 1979
*"A Far Land" (novel in stories), 1981
*"Protokol" (novel), 1982
*"Angels are Coming" (novel), 1987
*"Ta'atuon" (novel), 1989
*"Jeans, a Dog" (children), 1991
*"Morning of Fools" (novel), 1992
*"Bears and Woods" (novel), 1995
*"Enemy Scope" (novel), 1997
*"City of Refuge" (novel), 2000
*"Nobody's Ever Died Walking" (novel), 2007

Film and television

*"Again, Forever" (feature film, wrote story and screenplay), 1985
*"Atalia" (feature film, wrote story), 1986
*"The Class Queen" (feature film, as actor) 1988
*"Winter Games" (TV drama, wrote story) 1989
*"Nili" (documentary feature film, wrote screenplay and directed), 1996
*"Enemy Scope", (TV mini-series, screenplay based on his novel), 1999

Plays

*"David August" (monodrama, based on his story), 1983
*"Ta'atuon" (monodrama, based on his novel)
*"A Far Land" (monodrama, based on his story), 1992
*"Morning of Fools" (monodrama, based on his novel)
*"Uri Muri" (drama), 1999

References

* [http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=48 Yitzhak Ben-Ner] at the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature

External links

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