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Uri Orlev

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: December 31 1930

Uri Orlev is an award-winning Israeli children's author and translator of Polish-Jewish origin. Born in Warsaw, Poland, he survived the war years in the Warsaw Ghetto and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp . 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 25 languages, while he himself has also translated Polish literature into Hebrew. One of his most famous books, which was also adapted as a play and as a film, is the semi-autobiographical The Island on Bird Street.

In 1996 Orlev received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's literature.

Uri Orlev

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: December 31 1930

Uri Orlev is an award-winning Israeli children's author and translator of Polish-Jewish origin. Born in Warsaw, Poland, he survived the war years in the Warsaw Ghetto and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp . 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 25 languages, while he himself has also translated Polish literature into Hebrew. One of his most famous books, which was also adapted as a play and as a film, is the semi-autobiographical The Island on Bird Street.

In 1996 Orlev received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's literature.

Books from Uri Orlev

Run, Boy, Run

Man from the Other Side

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Lydia, Queen of Palestine

The Song of the Whales

3.2/5 ( ratings)

La abuela tejedora

Die Insel in der Vogelstraße

3.9/5 ( ratings)

L'isola in via degli uccelli

3.9/5 ( ratings)

La corona del drago

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Gioco di sabbia

3.5/5 ( ratings)

La ricerca della terra felice

3.4/5 ( ratings)

Com'è difficile essere un leone

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Die Bleisoldaten

3.8/5 ( ratings)

De drakenkroon

The Island on Bird Street

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