Amir Gutfreund

Amir Gutfreund (Hebrew: אמיר גוטפרוינד; July 23, 1963 - November 27, 2015) was an Israeli writer and columnist for the Maariv newspaper.^[1][2]

Amir Gutfreund
Amir Gutfreund in February 2013
Native name	אמיר גוטפרוינד
Born	(1963-07-23)July 23, 1963
Died	November 27, 2015(2015-11-27) (aged 52)
Occupation	Writer, columnist
Language	Hebrew
Nationality	Israeli
Notable works	Our Holocaust, The World, a Little Later, When Heroes Fly
Notable awards	Buchman Prize (2001), Sapir Prize (2003), Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize (2009), Ramat Gan Prize for Literature (2015)

Books

• 2000: Our Holocaust (book) (novel, translated into German, English, French, Czech and Hungarian)^[3]
• 2002: אחוזות החוף Ahuzot HaHof or The Shoreline Mansions (short story collection)^[4]
• 2005:העולם, קצת אחר כך The World, a Little Later (novel) ^[5]
  • 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^[6]
• 2016: הר האושר Mount of Happiness / Mount of Beatitudes (unfinished, posthumous) ^[7]

Awards

• 2001: Buchman Prize [he] for Our Holocaust^[8]
• 2003: Sapir Prize for Ahuzot HaHof^[4]
• 2009: Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize for The World a Moment Later
• 2015: Ramat Gan Prize for Literature [he] for The Legend of Bruno and Adela^[9][2][6]

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.^[10]
  • Echo 3, an English-language TV series based on the Israeli series
• The Matchmaker (2010 film) (Hebrew: פעם הייתי, lit. "Once I Was", Once Upon a Time I Was), inspired by the novel When Heroes Fly