Amir Gutfreund (; 23 July 1963 – 27 November 2015) was an Israeli writer and columnist for the Maariv newspaper.אמיר גוטפרוינד (1963־2015) Amir Guttfreund In: Lerxicon of Modern Hebrew Literature, Ohio State University"Amir Gutfreund"
Books 2000: Our Holocaust (novel, translated into German, English, French, Czech and Hungarian)ללא הסבר, ללא סוף(cached webpage), Haaretz, April 9, 2002 -- an interview about the book 2002: אחוזות החוף Ahuzot HaHof or The Shoreline Mansions (short story collection)Shiri Lev-Ari, "A Writer Dressed in Khaki", Haaretz, June 17, 2003 2005:העולם, קצת אחר כך The World, a Little Later (novel) מי שחלם, ynet, September 16, 2005 In English: The World a Moment Later (translated by Jessica Cohen, Toby Press) 2008: בשבילה גיבורים עפים Heroes Fly to Her / When Heroes Fly (novel) 2013: מזל עורב Crow 2014: אגדת ברונו ואדלה (Agadát Bruno VeAdela), The Legend of Bruno and Adela 2016: הר האושר Mount of Happiness / Mount of Beatitudes (unfinished, posthumous) "הר האושר": אמיר גוטפרוינד נפרד באהבה, Haaretz
Awards 2001: for Our Holocaustספר זהב ל"שואה שלנו" מאת אמיר גוטפרוינד ynet, May 7, 2006 2003: Sapir Prize for Ahuzot HaHof 2009: Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize for The World a Moment Later 2015: for The Legend of Bruno and Adelaפרס רמת־גן לספרות [Ramat Gan Prize for Literature] 2015 (retrieved May 25, 2022)"THE LEGEND OF BRUNO AND ADELA"
Influence When Heroes Fly, Israeli drama TV series based on the novel Heroes Fly to Her. The series won Best Series at the first Canneseries Festival in April 2018. Echo 3, an English-language TV series based on the Israeli series The Matchmaker (2010 film) (, lit. "Once I Was", Once Upon a Time I Was), inspired by the novel When Heroes Fly
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