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Yitzhak Ben Ner

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Yitzhak Ben Ner
יצחק בן נר
Yitzhak Ben Ner in 2013.
Born (1937-07-03) July 3, 1937 (age 87)
Alma materTel Aviv University
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, film critic

Yitzhak Ben Ner (Hebrew: יצחק בן נר, also transliterated Itzhak Ben-Ner; born July 3, 1937) is an Israeli writer, screenwriter, journalist, and film critic. He has also hosted and edited radio and TV programs.

Biography

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Ben Ner was born in 1937 in Kfar Yehoshua, Israel

He attended Tel Aviv University where he studied literature and drama. He started publishing as a boy, and published his first book for adults in 1967. Several books of his have been adapted for theatrical or cinematic productions.

His books and stories have been translated into many languages.

Awards

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Works

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Books

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  • After the Field-Burner (children), 1967
  • The Man From There (novel), 1967
  • Rustic Sunset (story collection), 1976
  • Kishona, Children of the River (children), 1977
  • After the Rain (3 stories), 1979
  • My Friend Emmanuel and I (children), 1979
  • A Far Land (novel in stories), 1981
  • Protokol (novel), 1982
  • Angels are Coming (novel), 1987
  • Ta'atuon (novel), 1989
  • Jeans, a Dog (children), 1991
  • Morning of Fools (novel), 1992
  • Bears and Woods (novel), 1995
  • Enemy Scope (novel), 1997
  • City of Refuge (novel), 2000
  • Nobody's Ever Died Walking (novel), 2007

Film and television

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  • Again, Forever (feature film, wrote story and screenplay), 1985
  • Atalia (feature film, wrote story), 1986
  • The Class Queen (feature film, as actor) 1988
  • Winter Games (TV drama, wrote story) 1989
  • Nili (documentary feature film, wrote screenplay and directed), 1996
  • Enemy Scope, (TV mini-series, screenplay based on his novel), 1999
  • "Nicole's Stations" (wrote screenplay. Based on his novel Rustic Sunset. Co-writer: Rony Gruber), 2001

Plays

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  • David August (monodrama, based on his story), 1983
  • Ta'atuon (monodrama, based on his novel)
  • A Far Land (monodrama, based on his story), 1992
  • Morning of Fools (monodrama, based on his novel)
  • Uri Muri (drama), 1999

References

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