04/11/2011 The Prix Medicis to David Grossman David Grossman receives the 2011 Prix Medicis. The Frech edition of his novel TO THE END OF THE LAND was unanimously selected in the category of best foreign fiction. 04/10/2011 New Novel by Uri Levron Congratulations to Uri Levron on the publication of his new novel THE WRONG KID (Keter, 2011). Following the best-seller ACCIDENTAL PROOF this new novel proves to be a page turner on it’s own. For more on the book please check out the author’s page on this site. Uri Levron’s page 03/10/2011 New Autumn Catalogue Our 2011 Autumn catalogue is now available on our website: new books by authors such as David Grossman, Iris Leal and Gershon Gorenberg. 22/09/2011 David Grossman receives the Terenci Moix Award David Grossman receives in Barcelona the 2011 Terenci Moix International award for literature for his novel TO THE END OF THE LAND. 20/07/2011 Sayed Kashua Wins the Bernstein Prize Sayed Kashua wins the 2011 Bernstein Prize for his latest novel SECOND PERSON. The jury proclaimed the novel to be a ”fascinating and satirical look at Israeliness and especially the Arab-Israeli mind, a topic that has barely been reflected in Hebrew literature”. The Bernstein Prize was established in 1978. Past winners include Yaakov Shabtai, Amos Oz, David Grossman, Meir Shalev, Ronit Matalon, Assaf Shor, Dror Burstein, Sami Bardugo and Yuval Shimoni. Kashua Wins Bernstein Prize 09/06/2011 David Grossman Wins the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize David Grossman’s TO THE END OF THE LAND wins this year’s Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize. This prize was previously won by authors such as Zadie Smith, W G Sebald and Oliver Sacks. Grossman’s latest book FALLING OUT OF TIME recently appeared in Hebrew. Grossman wins Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize 26/05/2011 A New Book by David Grossman FALLING OUT OF TIME, David Grossman’s newest book, will be released next month. In this moving, untraditional piece, Grossman daringly attempts to find adequate words for a tragic personal loss. New book by Grossman 04/05/2011 Sayed Kashua in Chinese The rights to Sayed Kashua’s novel SECOND PERSON were sold in both Taiwan and China. Kashua’s novel is to be published in Chinese Complex by Crown (Taiwan) and in Chinese Simplex by Horizon (China). The latter is the publisher of well known authors such as Khaled Hosseini and Orhan Pamuk. 01/05/2011 Rutka’s Notebook in German Published by Aufbau Publishing House, Rutka’s Notebook, a touching diary of a teenage Holocaust victim,is now available in German. Originally written in Polish, Rutka’s Notebook has already been published in about a dozen languages, including French, Dutch and Japanese. 20/03/2011 Yirmi Pinkus sold in France PROFESSOR FABRIKANT’S HISTORICAL CABARET was recently sold to Grasset, France. In this book Yirmi Pinkus tells a compelling tale of an incredible inheritance and the door it opens to a lost world. This unique, richly-imagined, novel is filled with Jewish humor, spicy Yiddish rants and gentle love for the aging. It brings to life a portion of pre-Holocaust Jewish European Culture in modern, hilarious and often heartbreaking ways. 23/02/2011 Meir Shalev and Ian McEwan at the JIBF This year’s winner of the Jerusalem Prize, Ian McEwan, met for a talk with Meir Shalev at the Jerusalem International Book Fair literary café which hosted more intimate talks between writers during the fair. This talk, which drew an exceptionally large crowd, revolved around politics, freedom of speech, humor and writing. In spite of an attempt, by a few young protestors, to disrupt the event, Shalev and McEwan’s thought-provoking discussion went on, inspired much laughter and was an overall success. 21/02/2011 Congratulations to Deborah Harris for receiving the Friend of Jerusalem award Congratulations to Deborah. At an official ceremony, to be held in Jerusalem’s City Hall, she will receive today the 2011 Friend of Jerusalem award as part of the 25th International Book Fair. 2011 Friend of Jerusalem award Award to Deborah included in the PW summary of the Fair 20/02/2011 New Catalogue With the opening of the 25th Jerusalem International Book Fair we introduce a new catalogue for Spring 2011. 16/02/2011 Sayed Kashua among Sapir Prize short listers Sayed Kashua’s latest novel, Second Person , is among the five finalists nominated for the esteemed Sapir Prize (the Israeli equivalent to the Booker award). This critically acclaimed novel was also recently sold to Grove for publication in the USA. Short listers announcemnet 26/01/2011 National Book Critics Circle Finalists 2010 The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists for its 2010 book awards. Among these finalists are two authors represented by the Deborah Harris Agency: TO THE END OF THE LAND by David Grossman in the fiction category, and in the biography category, SIMON WIESENTHAL: THE LIVES AND LEGENDS by Tom Segev. Included among the finalists are several books we’ve sold in Israel: Jonathan Franzen’s FREEDOM, Hans Keilson’s COMEDY IN A MINOR KEY, and Barbara Demick’s NOTHING TO ENVY: ORDINARY LIVES IN NORTH KOREA. Hebrew rights to Kai Bird’s CROSSING MANDELBAUM GATE: COMING OF AGE BETWEEN THE ARABS AND THE ISRAELIS, 1956-1978 are still available. National Book Critics Circle Awards: Finalists Announcement 13/01/2011 David Grossman wins the National Jewish Book Award for 2010 The Jewish Book Council announced the winners of the 2010 National Jewish Book Awards, the longest-running North American awards program of its kind in the field of Jewish literature. Grossman’s novel To the End of the Land is the winner in the fiction category of this prestigious award. Jewish Book Award Announcement 10/01/2011 Foreign Rights Sales in 2010 (a partial list) In 2010, the foreign rights department of the Deborah Harris Agency has sold in Israel rights to works by leading authors from around the world, including the winners of the Nobel Prize and the German Book Prize, and many more bestselling and critically-acclaimed books. This is a partial list of our sales this past year! Melinda Nadj Abonji, Jung & Jung Verlag Thomas Bernhard, Suhrkamp Verlag Sandra Brown, Maria Carvainis Ken Bruen, Authors Rights & Philip Spitzer Andrea Camilleri, Mondadori Philippe Claudel, Editions Stock Jonathan Coe, Tony Peake Eoin Colfer, O’Brien Books Julio Cortazar, Carmen Balcells Michael Cunningham, Brandt & Hochman Arne Dahl, Salomonsson Agency Edmund de Waal, Felicity Bryan Demi, Marshall Cavendish Publishers Barbara Demick, Sterling Lord Nora Ephron, Knopf Marcelo Figueras, Ray Gude Mertin Nicole Witt Jonathan Franzen, Susan Golomb Daniel Glattauer, Zsolnay Verlag Peter James, Blake Friedmann Hans Keilson, Fischer Mario Vargas Llosa, Carmen Ballcels Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Grandi Eduardo Mendoza, Carmen Balcells Deon Meyer, Blake Friedmann Michela Murgia, Einaudi Jo Nesbo, Salomonsson Agency Brian Lee O’Malley, Regal Literary Claudia Pineiro, Ray Gude Mertin Nicole Witt Alessandro Piperno, Mondadori Jonathan Raab, FSG David Remnick, Robbins Office Rick Riordan, Nancy Gallt Lane Smith, Roaring Brook/MacMillan Books for Children Leonie Swann, Piper & Poppenhusen Jachym Topol, Suhrkamp Verlag Scott Turow, Brandt & Hochman Enrique Vila-Matas, MB Agencia Literaria Gabrielle Zevin, Sterling Lord Literistic 06/12/2010 Wisenthal on New York Times Dwight Garner’s Top 10 Books of 2010 Tom Segev’s biography of Simon Wisenthal was recommended by the New York Times reviewer as one of the best non-fiction works in 2010.Garner called the book “a meticulous and forceful biography of the legendary Nazi hunter, a man who led one of the 20th century’s most interesting lives”. The New York Times review 05/12/2010 Grossman’s To the End of the Land Tops End-of-the-Year lists in the US and Britain Grossman’s novel recently made Amazon’s Top 10 books of 2010 and reached the first place on Barnes and Noble’s list. Amazon editors described To the End of the Land as “a book of mourning for those not dead, a mother’s lament for life during a wartime that has no end in sight. At the same time, it’s joyously and almost painfully alive, full to the point of rupture with the emotions and the endless quotidian details of a few deeply imagined lives.” The novel was also a favorite with The New Yorker reviewers and the British Economist. Amazon’s Top 100 list The New Yorker’s Reviewers’ favorites from 2010 The Economist’s best books of 2010 10/10/2010 David Grossman received the peace prize of the German book Trade David Grossman has received the German Book Trade Peace Prize for his literature and peace activism, one of Europe’s most prestigious prizes in the arts, during the annual Frankfurt Bookfair. The prize committee called Grossman ”one of Israel’s foremost authors and an active supporter of reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.” ”His books show that the spiral of violence, hatred and displacement in the Middle East can only be ended through listening, restraint and the power of the word,” they said in a statement. ”In his novels, essays and stories, Grossman has consistently sought to understand and describe not only his own position, but also the opinions of those who think differently.” Grossman’s last novel ”To the End of the Land,” was published to rave reviews in Israel, Germany, Italy and recently the USA, more on the novel can be found on the author’s page For an interview with David Grossman during the book fair see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnxVLHfDJGQ 08/02/2010 The First BookTrailer in Israel! A new and exciting book - Ido Angel’s first book The Story of Michael – Now in the stores! Don’t miss the great TRAILER! On the author website - 07/02/2010 Michal Govrin one of thirty international authors whose work left a mark in the literary world This year the Salon du Livre honored 30 French and 30 foreign authors whose work left a mark in the literary world during the last 30 years. Michal Govrin - one of our authors and also a poet and a theater director - is among these authors to be honored.