Assaf Gavron

Assaf Gavron
אסף גברון
Gavron in 2014
Born (1968-12-21) December 21, 1968 (age 57)
Arad, Israel
EducationGoldsmiths' College, London, UK
OccupationsWriter, novelist, translator, musician
AwardsBernstein Prize (2013), Israeli Prime Minister Award for authors (2011)
WebsiteOfficial website

Assaf Gavron (Hebrew: אסף גברון; born 21 December 1968) is an Israeli writer, novelist, translator, and musician. Formerly a journalist and hi-tech worker, his books have been translated to several languages and won awards such as the Bernstein Prize for The Hilltop (2013), Prix Courrier International (France) for Croc Attack (2012), "Ein Buch für die Stadt" (Cologne, Germany) for the same novel (2012), and the Israeli Prime Minister Award for authors (2011).

Early life and career

Gavron was born in the town of Arad in 1968 and grew up in Motza Illit near Jerusalem. He earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Media and Communication in Goldsmiths' College in London (1991–1994) and New Media in Vancouver (1997). In the 1990s, he worked as a journalist for several Israeli newspapers. Between 2000 and 2004, he was a creative director for Israeli high-tech company Valis. He has been teaching creative writing in Israel (Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem, and Sapir Academic College in Sderot) and the United States (University of Nebraska Omaha and San Diego State University). Gavron has worked creating video games and as a rock musician; he has also translated American novels into Hebrew.

Other activities

Apart from his original works, Gavron is a literary translator from English to Hebrew. Among the more than twenty books he translated are J. D. Salinger's Nine Stories, Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint, Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated, J. K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, and Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife. Gavron is the singer and songwriter with Israeli cult pop band The Mouth and Foot (הפה והטלפיים), which has released five albums between 1989 and 2013. He is the founder and captain of the Israeli Writers Football national team. He was the chief writer of video game Peacemaker.

Personal life

Gavron lives in Tel Aviv. He is divorced and has two daughters.

Awards and accolades

Works

References

  1. ↑ Kirsch, Adam (29 October 2014). "The Great Israeli Novel Smiles at the Settlers–With his newly translated novel 'The Hilltop,' Assaf Gavron stakes his claim to be Israel's Jonathan Franzen". Tablet. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Izikovich, Gili (12 April 2017). "Israeli Author Assaf Gavron on the Importance of Airing Israel's Dirty Laundry Abroad". Haaretz. Retrieved 28 August 2022..
  3. ↑ The Books was also listed among the Los Angeles Times book critic's 10 favorite books of 2010 (Ulin, David L. (19 December 2010). "David Ulin's favorite books of 2010". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 February 2014.).

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