David Schütz ( he, דוד שיץ, August 5, 1941 – July 16, 2017) was an Israeli

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writer.

Biography

David Schütz (birth name Dietmar Engbert Müllner) was born in

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and immigrated to

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 ...

at the age of seven. He had a master's degree in History from

The Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

and also studied cinema at the

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. Schütz published 9 books. His first book "The Grass and the Sand" ( he, העשב והחול) was published in 1978. The book was translated into French (L'herbe et le sable : roman) and German (Gras und Sand : roman). He received a number of literary prizes, including the

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(original Hebrew novel category) in 1988.David Schütz Awards ''(in Hebrew)''
'' Ben-Gurion University website'' His experiences as a child and adolescent were central to his writing. His characters struggle with the aftermath of catastrophe of the

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, suffering its consequences in their day-to-day existence, often from the standpoint of a child. He died on 16 July 2017 after a long illness and was survived by 3 daughters.

Published books

* ''L'herbe et le sable'', novel; translated from Hebrew by Liliane Servier (Paris: Hachette, 1981) * ''Gras und Sand'', novel translated from Hebrew byJudith Brüll-Assan and Ruth Achlama (Hildesheim: Claassen, 1992) * ''Das goldene Tagebuch'', translated from Hebrew by Mirjam Pressler (Frankfurt/Main: Ali-Baba-Verlag, 1993)The Golden Diary
The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature website * ''Trilogie des Abschieds'', novel, from Hebrew by Barbara Linner (Hildesheim: Classen, 1993) * ''Avischag'', novel, from Hebrew by Mirjam Pressler (Hildesheim: Claassen, 1996) * ''Das Herz der Wassermelone'', German/Israeli edition, translated from Hebrew by Pavel C. Goldenberg. With an afterword by Wolf Biermann (Hildesheim: Claassen, 1995).

העשב והחול, תל-אביב : ספרית פועלים, תשל"ח 1978. ההזדמנות האחרונה, תל אביב : ספרית פועלים, תש"מ 1980. עד עולם אחכה, תל אביב : זמורה-ביתן, תשמ"ז 1987. שושן לבן, שושן אדום, תל-אביב : הקיבוץ המאוחד, 1988. אבישג, תל-אביב : עם עובד, תש"ן 1989. אבישג, ירושלים : כתר, 1990. יומן הזהב, ירושלים : דומינו, 1991. העשב והחול, ירושלים : כתר, 1992. שבע נשים, ירושלים : כתר, 1995. כמו נחל, תל אביב : ידיעות אחרונות : ספרי חמד, 1997.

References

Hocherman, Riva,1991. "David Schutz" in: Hebrew Writers - A General Directory, Israel: The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature.

External links

*David Schütz in the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literatur

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schutz, David Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni 20th-century German Jews German emigrants to Israel Jewish novelists People from Jerusalem Israeli novelists Bernstein Prize recipients 1941 births 2017 deaths