Haim Be'er
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Haim Be'er (Template:Langx; born on 9 February 1945) is an Israeli novelist.
Biography
Haim Rachlevsky (Be'er) was born in Jerusalem to an Orthodox Jewish family. He grew up in the Geula neighborhood, and attended Ma'aleh, a state religious high school. In 1963–1965 he served in the Israel Defense Forces in the army rabbinate, writing for the army newspaper Mahanayim. Concurrently he worked nights as a copy editor at the daily newspaper Davar.
In 1966, he began working at the Am Oved publishing house, first as a copyeditor and later as an editor and member of the editorial board. All his books have been published by Am Oved. For ten years, he wrote a weekly column called "Memoirs of a Bookworm" (Mi-zikhronoteha shel tolaat sefarim).
Be'er teaches Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Be'er's latest novel, El Makom Sheharuakh Holekh, ("Back from Heavenly Lake"; 2010), was inspired by a trek to Nepal and Tibet. Dedicated to the classic Yiddish writer Mendele Mocher Sforim, it is a mystical tale about a Hasidic rebbe from Bnei Brak who travels to Tibet.[1]
Published works
- Sha`ashu`ei Yom Yom (Day to Day Delights, poems, 1970).
- Feathers (in English translation, 2004), originally Notzot (1979).
- Et ha-Zamir (The Time of Trimming, 1987).
- Gam Ahavatam Gam Sinatam - Bialik, Brenner, Agnon Ma`arakhot Yahasim (Their Love and Their Hate: Bialik, Brenner, Agnon, Relationships, biography, 1993).
- The Pure Element of Time (in English translation, 2003), originally Havalim (1998).
- Lifnei Hamakom ("Upon a Certain Place") (2007).
- El Makom Sheharuah Holekh ("To Where the Wind Goes") (2010).
- Halomoteihem he-Hadashim ("Their new dreams") (2014).
- Be-Hazara me-Emek Refa'im ("Back from Emek Refa'im") (2018).
- Masa Dilugim ("Skipping trip") (2019).
- Tzel yado ("The shadow of his hand") (2021).
Awards (selection)
- Bernstein Prize, original Hebrew novel category (1980).[2]
- Template:Ill for literature, awarded by the Municipality of Holon (2000).
- Bialik Prize for literature, jointly with Maya Bejerano, Yoel Hoffman and Miriam Rut (2002).[3]
- Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, for poetry (2013).[4]
- The Ramat Gan Prize for Literature in the field of prose, for his book El Makom SheHaRuach Holekh (2013).[5]
- The Agnon Prize for the Art of Prose (2017).[6]
- Honorary Doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2022).[7]
See also
References
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- ↑ Journey of a thousand miles, Haaretz
- ↑ Feathers by Haim Be'er The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry
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External links
- "Haim Be`er" at the Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature. Retrieved November 23, 2005.
- Analysis of Be'er's literary style, Arnold Band - https://web.archive.org/web/20041019113219/http://www.ithl.org.il/interview1.html