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Photo: Colin McPherson
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AMOS OZ
Amos Oz is an Israeli author who writes in Hebrew. He was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to parents who had immigrated from Eastern Europe. He studied philosophy and literature at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Oxford University. His first writings, novels, short stories, essays and children’s books, were published in the 1960s.
As a young man, he lived in a kibbutz; he participated in the Six-Day War of 1967 and in the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Although he is not a member of any political party, he has been fighting for the cause of Israelis and Palestinians living in two independent neighbouring states for forty years. He is one of the founding members of the Peace Now! movement.
He achieved his greatest international success with his autobiographical novel A Tale of Love and Darkness that was translated into fifteen languages, among them Hungarian. He has been touted as the next candidate for the Nobel Prize for years. He has received many international awards, among them the Israel Prize (the most highly regarded award in Israel), the French Femina Prize, the German Goethe Prize and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
Amos Oz’ works published in Hungarian so far:
Miháél, Miháél (1985, Európa) (My Michael)
Keresztül-kasul Izrael országában 1982 őszén (1988, Európa) (In the Land of Israel)
A Gonosz Tanács hegye (1989, Európa) (The Hill of Evil Counsel)
Fekete doboz (1994, Ab Ovo) (Black Box)
Félálom (1995, Ab Ovo)
Szeretetről, sötétségről (2006, Európa) (A Tale of Love and Darkness)
Hirtelen az erdő mélyén (2007, Európa) (Suddenly in the Depth of the Forest)
Hogyan gyógyítsuk a fanatikust (2007, Európa) (How to Cure a Fanatic)
Rímek életre, halálra (2010, Európa) (Rhyming Life and Death)
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