Education Minister Naftali Bennett announces Monday the awarding of Israel’s top civilian honor, the Israel Prize, to author David Grossman.
Grossman is already one of Israel’s most celebrated writers, a winner of three top Hebrew-language honors: the prestigious Sapir literary prize in 2001, the city of Tel Aviv’s Bialik literary prize in 2004 and the 2007 Emet prize for his contributions to Israeli culture.
Last year, he won the Man Booker International Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, for his novel “A Horse Walks into a Bar.”
“I’m thrilled to have just told David Grossman that he won the Israel Prize for Literature on the State of Israel’s 70th anniversary,” Bennett announces at a conference in Jerusalem.
“Grossman is one of the most exciting, profound and influential voices in Israeli literature. With deep wisdom, sensitivity to fellow human beings and a unique linguistic style, he has become an internationally renowned artist. We are honored that he is one of our own,” Bennett adds.
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