Uri Orlev

Uri Orlev (Hebrew: אורי אורלב‎; born 1931) is an award-winning Israeli children's author and translator of Polish-Jewish origin.

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Biography

Uri Orlev, born Jerzy Henryk Orlowski, was born in Warsaw, Poland. He survived the war years in the Warsaw Ghetto and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he was sent after his mother was shot by the Nazis. After the war he moved to Israel. He began writing children's literature in 1976 and has since published over 30 books, which are often biographical. His books have been translated from Hebrew into 36 languages. Orlev has also translated Polish literature into Hebrew.

Awards and critical acclaim

Uri Orlev's experience as a Jewish boy in war-torn Poland is the background of this outstanding writer for children. Whether his stories are set in the Warsaw ghetto or his new country Israel, he never loses the perspective of the child he was. He writes at a high literary level, with integrity and humor, in a way which is never sentimental, exhibiting the skill to say much in few words. Uri Orlev shows how children can survive without bitterness in harsh and terrible times.

Published works

Book name Hebrew name Year Publisher
Literature
Till Tomorrow עד מחר 1958 Am Oved
The Last Summer Vacation חופשת הקיץ האחרונה 1968 Daga
Books for children and young adults
The Lead Soldiers חיילי עופרת 1956 Sifriyat Po'alim
The Thing in the Dark חיית החושך 1976 Am Oved
It's Hard to Be a Lion קשה להיות אריה 1979 Am Oved
The Island on Bird Street האי ברחוב הציפורים 1981 Keter
The Wings Turn תור הכנפיים 1981 Massada
Big Brother אח בוגר 1983 Keter
The Dragon's Crown כתר הדרקון 1986 Keter
The Man from the Other Side האיש מן הצד האחר 1988 Keter
The Lady with the Hat הגברת עם המגבעת 1990 Keter
Lydia, Queen of Palestine לידיה מלכת ארץ ישראל 1991 Keter
A Mouthful of Meatball קציצה מהצהריים 1995 Keter
Last of Kin רחוקי משפחה 1996 Keter
The Sandgame משחק החול 1996 Keter
The Wandering Family המשפחה הנודדת 1997 Keter
The Song of the Whales שיר הלוויתנים 1997 Keter
Run, Boy, Run רוץ, ילד, רוץ 2001 Keter
Poems from Bergen-Belsen (1944) שירים מברגן-בלזן 2005 Yad VaShem
Picture books
The Big-Little Girl קטנה-גדולה 1977 Keter
Noon Thoughts מחשבות צהריים 1978 Sifriyat Po'alim
A Hole in the Head משגעת פילים 1979 Keter
Siamina סיאמינה 1979 Am Oved
The Lion Shirt חולצת האריה 1979 Massada
The Black Cloud הענן השחור 1979 Massada
How Mr. Cork Made the Brain Work מעשה במנוח שהפעיל את המוח 1979 Massada
The Good-Luck Pacifier מוצץ המזל 1980 Am Oved
Granny Knits סבתא סורגת 1980 Massada
Mr. Mayor ראש העיר תן לשיר 1980 Massada
How to Be Four מסע לגיל ארבע 1985 Am Oved
On the Wrong Side of the Bed על צד שמאל 1985 Keter
Hairy Tuesday חפיפת ראש 1988 Keter

References

  1. ^ "Ceremony for the award of 2006 Bialik Prize (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website". http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/Cityhall/News/Archive.asp?NID=837. 

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See also

Authors: Eleanor Farjeon (1956) • Astrid Lindgren (1958) • Erich Kästner (1960) • Meindert DeJong (1962) • René Guillot (1964) • Tove Jansson (1966) • James Krüss and José Maria Sanchez-Silva (1968) • Gianni Rodari (1970) • Scott O'Dell (1972) • Maria Gripe (1974) • Cecil Bødker (1976) • Paula Fox (1978) • Bohumil Říha (1980) • Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1982) • Christine Nöstlinger (1984) • Patricia Wrightson (1986) • Annie M. G. Schmidt (1988) • Tormod Haugen (1990) • Virginia Hamilton (1992) • Michio Mado (1994) • Uri Orlev (1996) • Katherine Paterson (1998) • Ana Maria Machado (2000) • Aidan Chambers (2002) • Martin Waddell (2004) • Margaret Mahy (2006) • Jürg Schubiger (2008) • David Almond (2010)
Illustrators: Alois Carigiet (1966) • Jiří Trnka (1968) • Maurice Sendak (1970) • Ib Spang Olsen (1972) • Farshid Mesghali (1974) • Tatyana Mavrina (1976) • Svend Otto S. (1978) • Suekichi Akaba (1980) • Zbigniew Rychlicki (1982) • Mitsumasa Anno (1984) • Robert Ingpen (1986) • Dusan Kállay (1988) • Lisbeth Zwerger (1990) • Kveta Pacovská (1992) • Jörg Müller (1994) • Klaus Ensikat (1996) • Tomi Ungerer (1998) • Anthony Browne (2000) • Quentin Blake (2002) • Max Velthuijs (2004) • Wolf Erlbruch (2006) • Roberto Innocenti (2008) • Jutta Bauer (2010)