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David Grossman is one of Israel's
leading writers. He is the author of four award-winning, internationally
acclaimed novels, two powerful journalistic accounts, as well as a number
of children's books, and a play. In December 1998, he was decorated by the
French government with the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Artes et des Lettres.
See Under: Love, winner of the
Valumbrosa Prize, Italy, and Prix Eliette Von Karajan, Salzburg, has been
published in over a dozen countries. In addition to German and American theatrical
productions, a film adaptation is currently in pre-production.
Grossman's other novels include The
Smile of the Lamb (published in ten languages), The Book of Intimate
Grammar, nominated as an Honor book of the American National Jewish Book
Award, and The Zigzag Kid.
Grossman's groundbreaking nonfiction,
The Yellow Wind, is a personal account of his three-month
encounter with Palestinians prior to the outbreak of the Intifada, and Sleeping
on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel have been translated
into 13 languages.
David Grossman was born in Jerusalem,
where he lives with his wife and children.
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