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David Grossman

25 January 1954 – present

David Grossman is an Israeli writer whose novels include See Under: Love, To the End of the Land and A Horse Walks into a Bar, for which he received the Man Booker International Prize in 2017. He is also known for non-fiction on Israeli and Palestinian society, beginning with The Yellow Wind in 1987, and was awarded the Israel Prize for literature in 2018.

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Born in Jerusalem
25 January 1954

Born to a mother born in Mandatory Palestine and a father who had emigrated from Poland.

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Began working as a child actor on Israeli radio
c. 1963

Appeared on Kol Yisrael from about the age of nine, including in an adaptation of Sholem Aleichem's Motl the Cantor's Son.

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Studied philosophy and theatre at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
c. 1975

Took his degree after military service while continuing to work in radio.

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Published the novel See Under: Love
1986

Ayen Erech: Ahava, a novel about the Holocaust told partly through the eyes of a child, established his international reputation.

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Published The Yellow Wind
1987

A book of reportage on Palestinian life under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, based on articles written for the weekly Koteret Rashit.

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Left his post at Kol Yisrael
1988

Departed the state broadcaster after a dispute over its coverage of the Palestinian declaration of independence.

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His son Uri was killed in the Second Lebanon War
12 August 2006

Uri Grossman, a tank commander, was killed in southern Lebanon days before the ceasefire.

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Published To the End of the Land
2008

A novel about a mother who leaves home to avoid news of her soldier son, completed after his own son's death.

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Awarded the Man Booker International Prize
2017

Won the prize for A Horse Walks into a Bar, translated by Jessica Cohen.

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Awarded the Israel Prize for literature
2018

Received Israel's state prize for his body of work.

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