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Amir Gutfreund
Amir Gutfreund ( he, אמיר גוטפרוינד) (July 23, 1963 - November 27, 2015) was an Israeli writer and columnist for the ''Maariv'' newspaper.אמיר גוטפרוינד (1963־2015) Amir Guttfreund In: ''Lerxicon of Modern Hebrew Literature'', "Amir Gutfreund" /ref> Books *2000: ' (novel, translated into German, English, French, Czech and Hungarian) *2002: אחוזות החוף ''Ahuzot HaHof'' or ''The Shoreline Mansions'' (short story collection)Shiri Lev-Ar ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize
The Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Literary Prize is an annual British literary prize inaugurated in 1977. It is named after the host ''Jewish Quarterly'' and the prize's founder Harold Hyam Wingate. The award recognises Jewish and non-Jewish writers resident in the UK, British Commonwealth, Europe and Israel who "stimulate an interest in themes of Jewish concern while appealing to the general reader". the winner receives £4,000.Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2011 '''' called it "British Jewry's top literary award", and '' |
2015 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the penumbral lunar eclipse and the annular solar eclipse, only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee. * January 19 – Soviet spy Ghe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Matchmaker (2010 Film)
''The Matchmaker'' ( he, פעם הייתי, lit. "Once I Was") is a 2010 Israeli film written, directed and produced by Avi Nesher, based on the novel ''When Heroes Fly'' by award-winning author Amir Gutfreund. It premiered as an official selection at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and later that year won the Silver Plaque award at the Chicago International Film Festival. It received seven nominations for Israel's Ophir Awards in 2010, including Best Picture, where Adir Miller also won in the Best Actor category and Maya Dagan won in the Best Actress category. Cast * Tuval Shafir as Arik Burstein * Adir Miller as Yankel Braiyd * Maya Dagan as Clara Epstein * Dror Keren as Meir the Librarian * Dov Navon as Yozi Burstein * Yarden Bar-Kochva as Nili Burstein * Neta Porat as Tamara * Bat-El Papura as Sylvia * Kobi Faraj as Moshe Abadi * Yael Leventhal as Tikva Abadi * Tom Gal as Benny Abadi * Eyal Shechter as Arik Burstein (adult) * Yaakov Bodo as Adv. Segalson * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echo 3
''Echo 3'' is an American action thriller television series created by Mark Boal. The series, filmed in English and Spanish, stars Michiel Huisman, Luke Evans, and Jessica Ann Collins and is a black ops thriller and tale of international intrigue, set in Colombia, and shot almost entirely on location in 2021. It is based on the Israeli award-winning series '' When Heroes Fly'' created by Omri Givon, and inspired by the eponymous novel of Amir Gutfreund. ''Echo 3'' premiered on Apple TV+ on November 23, 2022. Plot Amber Chesborough is an American scientist in Colombia researching psychedelics to treat addiction. When she is kidnapped by militants, her brother, Bambi, and her husband, Prince, both US Army Delta Force operators, attempt to rescue her. The men have a complicated relationship, after a recent mission left their team leader dead. Cast * Michiel Huisman as Sgt. Eric "Prince" Haas, a US Army Delta Force operator and husband of Amber * Luke Evans as Sgt. Alex "Bamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canneseries
The Cannes International Series Festival (french: Festival International des Séries de Cannes), usually called the Canneseries, is an international television festival held annually in Cannes, France. The festival aims to showcase and promote television series from around the world. The festival is usually held parallel to MIPTV Media Market. History In 2014, the Mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard supported the idea of an international television festival held in the city. In 2017, former French Minister of Culture Fleur Pellerin was appointed as the festival president and Benoît Louvet as the general manager. In June 2017, the first edition of Canneseries was announced to be held in April 2018. Edition Festival programme As of 2023, the festival is composed of four different sections: *Competition *Short Form Competition *Documentary Series Competition *Out of Competition Awards As of 2022, the categories presented at the festival were: *Best Series *Grand Prize *Best Screenp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Heroes Fly
''When Heroes Fly'' ( he, בשבילה גיבורים עפים, Bishvila Giborim Afim, Heroes fly for her) is an Israeli drama television series that was first broadcast in Israel on Keshet 12 in May 2018. The series was created by Omri Givon and loosely based on the novel of the same name by Amir Gutfreund. It uses flashbacks to account for the differing time periods. In October 2018, Netflix acquired international broadcasting rights to the series. Keshet has commissioned a second season. The series will also be adapted into an English version for the United States market titled ''Echo 3'' by Apple TV+. Synopsis Four former IDF veterans who served together in the 2006 Lebanon War are reunited for a rescue mission in Colombia, where one of them lives, to find Yaeli (Ninet Tayeb), a woman once believed to have died in a car accident after the war. Cast *Tomer Kapon as Aviv Danino *Ninet Tayeb as Yael 'Yaeli' Ashkenazi *Michael Aloni as Dotan 'Himmler' Friedman *Nadav Netz as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapir Prize
The Sapir Prize for Literature of Israel is a prestigious annual literary award presented for a work of literature in the Hebrew language. The prize is awarded by Mifal HaPayis (Israel's state lottery), and is a part of the organization's cultural initiatives. It bears the name of the late Pinhas Sapir, a former Finance Minister of Israel, and was first awarded in 2000. Prize money The Sapir Prize, based on the British Man Booker Prize, is the most lucrative literary prize awarded in Israel. Of five shortlisted titles, the winning author receives 150,000 NIS (roughly 39,000 USD), and the four runners-up each receive 40,000 NIS. For the year 2019, a new award will be granted for a debut work. Up to three candidates will receive a prize of 20,000 NIS, with the winner receiving 40,000 NIS. Prize rules The group of judges for the prize is composed of prominent literary figures, whose names are kept confidential until the prize winner is named. Some of these judges are replaced fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Press
Toby Press was an American comic-book company that published from 1949 to 1955. Founded by Elliott Caplin, brother of cartoonist Al Capp and himself an established comic strip writer, the company published reprints of Capp's ''Li'l Abner'' strip; licensed-character comics starring such film and animated cartoon properties as John Wayne and Felix the Cat; and original conceptions, including romance, war, Western, and adventure comics. Some of its comics were published under the imprint Minoan. Some covers bore the logo ANC, standing for American News Company, at the time the country's largest newsstand distributor. It is unrelated to the book publisher Toby Press, which was acquired by Amazon.com in 2010. History Elliott Caplin entered the comic-book field as editor of ''True Comics'' for the Parents Magazine Institute.Benton, Mike. ''The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History'' (Taylor Publishing Company : Dallas, Texas 1989) p.148. Some years later, he founded Toby Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Cohen
Jessica Cohen (; born 1973) is a British-Israeli-American literary translator. Her translation of David Grossman's 2014 novel '' A Horse Walks Into a Bar'' was awarded the 2017 Man Booker International Prize. Biography Cohen was born in Colchester, England to Stanley Cohen and Ruth Kretzmer in 1973. She moved with her family to Israel at the age of seven and went on to study English literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After moving to the United States with her husband in 1997, she studied Middle Eastern literature and languages at Indiana University. Cohen has translated a number of Hebrew language books into English, including those by Nir Baram, David Grossman, Amir Gutfreund, , Ronit Matalon, Rutu Modan, Dorit Rabinyan, Tom Segev and Nava Semel. She currently resides in Denver, Colorado. At the awards ceremony for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize, Cohen announced that she would donate half of her share of the winnings to B’Tselem. Translations *''To t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
