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Uri Orlev Born in Warsaw, 1931 as Jerzy Henryk Or³owski.
Survived the Warsaw ghetto and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As a
war orphan, sent to a kibbutz in the Palestine. Published his first book
in Hebrew in 1956 (English edition 1979). Awards:
- Hans Christian Andersen Author Award (1996)
- Yad Vashem Bruno Brandt Award (1997)
- Ze’ev Prize for his life-work (2002)
- Italian Andersen Award (2003)
- Italian Premio Cento Prize (2003)
- Nominated for the 2005 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
Major books:
- The Lead Soldiers, 1956
- Till Tomorrow, 1958
- The Last Summer Vacation, 1968
- The Island on Bird Street, 1981
- The Man from the Other Side, 1988
- Lydia, Queen of Palestine, 1991
- The Sandgame, 1996
- Run, Boy, Run, 2001
Translations from the Polish:
- H. Sienkiewicz, Ogniem i mieczem, Quo vadis
- K. Makuszyński, Wyprawa pod psem
- B. Schulz, Sklepy cynamonowe, Sanatrium pod klepsydr±
- J. Korczak, Kajtu¶ czarodziej, Król Maciu¶...
- S. Lem, Eden, Powrót z gwiazd, Opowie¶ci o pilocie Pirxie.
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