Haim Be'er
Haim Be'er is an Israeli novelist.
Biography
Haim Rachlevsky was born in Jerusalem to an Orthodox Jewish family. He grew up in the Geula neighborhood and attended Ma'aleh, a state religious high school. From 1963 to 1965 he served in the Israel Defense Forces in the army rabbinate, writing for the army newspaper Mahanayim. Concurrently, he worked nights as a copy editor at the daily newspaper Davar.In 1966, he began working at the Am Oved publishing house, first as a copyeditor and later as an editor and member of the editorial board. All his books have been published by Am Oved. For ten years, he wrote a weekly column called "Memoirs of a Bookworm".
Be'er teaches Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Be'er's latest novel, El Makom Sheharuakh Holekh, was inspired by a trek to Nepal and Tibet. Dedicated to the classic Yiddish writer Mendele Mocher Sforim, it is a mystical tale about a Hasidic rebbe from Bnei Brak who travels to Tibet.
Published works
- Sha'ashu'ei Yom Yom.
- Feathers, originally Notzot.
- Et ha-Zamir.
- Gam Ahavatam Gam Sinatam - Bialik, Brenner, Agnon Ma`arakhot Yahasim.
- The Pure Element of Time, originally Havalim.
- Lifnei Hamakom .
- El Makom Sheharuah Holekh .
- Halomoteihem he-Hadashim .
- Be-Hazara me-Emek Refa'im .
- Masa Dilugim .
- Tzel yado .
Awards (selection)
- Bernstein Prize, original Hebrew novel category.
- for literature, awarded by the Municipality of Holon.
- Bialik Prize for literature, jointly with Maya Bejerano, Yoel Hoffman and Miriam Rut.
- Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, for poetry.
- The Ramat Gan Prize for Literature in the field of prose, for his book El Makom SheHaRuach Holekh.
- The Agnon Prize for the Art of Prose.
- Honorary Doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.