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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

literary awards

Canadian author Alice Munro poses for a photograph at the Canadian Consulate's residence in New York, October 18, 2002. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne, File)
May 14, 2024, 10:19 pm
Nobel Prize winning short story writer Alice Munro dies at 92
Canadian-born Munro, winner of 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, often ranked with Anton Chekhov and John Cheever as one of the masters of the short story
By Hillel Italie
ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this photo taken on June 20, 2011, Nine year old Grace Powers, left, and her brother James, 11, read in the children's section at the Denver Public Library (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
January 29, 2019, 9:11 am
Hannukah tale of immigrant family wins top Jewish kids’ book honor
‘All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah,’ based on Sydney Taylor’s book series, wins gold medal for younger readers from the Association of Jewish Libraries
By Penny Schwartz
Michael Frank, author of award-winning memoir, 'The Mighty Franks.' (Robin Siegel)
July 23, 2018, 2:05 am
This award-winning memoir is a Greek tragedy with a Jewish twist
Wingate Prize winner ‘The Mighty Franks’ is about author Michael Frank’s tight-knit family that’s so close it hurts
By JP O’ Malley
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk smiles after winning the Man Booker International prize 2018, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, for her book Flights, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. (Matt Crossick//PA via AP)
May 23, 2018, 10:07 am
Polish winner of Man Booker Prize chronicles little-known Jewish sect’s history
With a style mixing real with mystical and books on human anatomy and Frankism, Olga Tokarczuk is considered the country’s most talented novelist of her generation
By Bernard OSSER
Palestinian writer Ibrahim Nasrallah poses for a photo after winning the 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his book titled "The Second war of the Dog" in Abu Dhabi on April 24, 2018 (Karim Sahib/AFP Photo)
April 25, 2018, 12:45 pm
Palestinian novelist Ibrahim Nasrallah wins top Arab prize
International Prize for Arab Fiction landed by Jordan-born writer provides $50,000 award and funding to translate the work into English
By AFP
Israeli author David Grossman (Kobi Kalmanovitz)
February 12, 2018, 2:02 pm
David Grossman, critic of Israeli policies, awarded Israel Prize for literature
Announcing choice, Education Minister Naftali Bennett lauds left-leaning author’s ‘deep wisdom, sensitivity to fellow human beings and unique linguistic style’
By ToI Staff
Author Ayelet Waldman, wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon. (Reenie Raschke)
June 19, 2017, 12:47 pm
Book edited by Jewish authors harnesses literary giants to criticize occupation
Nobel winner among contributors to volume compiled by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman; proceeds to go to controversial left-wing group Breaking the Silence
By Joe Dyke
Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan, sits at her house in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 11, 2016. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
June 12, 2017, 8:25 pm
Dorit Rabinyan’s banned Israeli-Palestinian love story woos new readers
After its removal from high school curricula in Israel, ‘All The Rivers’ comes to the US in fresh translation
By Jessica Steinberg
Etgar Keret at a recent International Writers' Festival. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
March 20, 2017, 12:53 pm
Etgar Keret memoir contends for Russian award
‘Seven Good Years’ is one of 28 novels up for $20,000 foreign literature prize
By Jessica Steinberg
Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch. (Ian Brown)
March 21, 2016, 3:49 am
Jewish-Canadian playwright awarded top literary prize
Hannah Moscovitch wins $150,000 Windham Campbell Prize for decade of work that delves into life’s hard moral questions
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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