The Sapir Prize panel, chaired by Prof. Zeev Tzahor, has released the list of 12 authors nominated for the 2011 Sapir Prize for Literature:
The judges will issue a short list of five authors next, from which the winner will be chosen. A prize will also be given for a debut book.
Each shortlisted writer as well as the winner of the prize for the first book will receive NIS 25,000. The Sapir Prize winner for 2010 will receive NIS 150,000. The winning book will be translated into Arabic, as well as the customary translation into a foreign language of the author's choice.
More information here.
- Yoram Kaniuk for 1948, published by Yedioth Books
- Leah Aini for Rose of Lebanon, Kinneret Zmora-Bitan
- Assaf Inbari for Home, Yedioth Books
- Sayed Kashua for Second Person Singular, Keter
- Nir Baram for Good People, Am Oved
- Etgar Keret for Suddenly a Knock on the Door, Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan
- Amichai Shalev for The Mentals, Yedioth Books
- Rina Litvin for The Desert Generation, Hasifria Hahadasha
- Maya Arad for Short Story Master, Xargol
- Tzipora Dolan for We shall Rest, Zmora-Bitan
- Dror Burstein for Kin, Keter
- Almog Behar for I Am One of the Jews, Babel
The judges will issue a short list of five authors next, from which the winner will be chosen. A prize will also be given for a debut book.
Each shortlisted writer as well as the winner of the prize for the first book will receive NIS 25,000. The Sapir Prize winner for 2010 will receive NIS 150,000. The winning book will be translated into Arabic, as well as the customary translation into a foreign language of the author's choice.
More information here.
