Yehoshua Bar-Yosef


Yehoshua Bar-Yosef was an Israeli writer.
Bar-Yosef was born in Safed, Ottoman Empire and was raised in a Haredi Jewish family. He later left Orthodox Judaism and became a writer. He worked first as a newspaper editor, and then as a freelance journalist. His work includes novels, novellas, short stories, plays and historical epics about Safed. He received numerous literary awards, including the Bialik Prize in 1984.

Books published in Hebrew

  • The Voice of Passion, Kiryat Sefer, 1937; Gazit, 1939
  • A Whole Month, Mishkan, 1938
  • The Fallen Barrier, Gazit, 1940
  • Mother of Daughters, Massada/Bialik Institute, 1943; Ma`ariv 1988
  • The Alleys of Jerusalem, Achiasaf, 1941
  • A Meeting in Spring, Twersky, 1947
  • A Boy in the Street, Hakibbutz Hameuachad, 1945
  • From a Mother`s Body, Adi, 1945
  • Stories from Me`ah She`arim, Ofer, 1946
  • The New House, Sifriat Poalim, 1946
  • My Husband, the Minister, Twersky, 1950
  • Magic City, Twersky, 1949
  • Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1979
  • On the Threshold, Twersky, 1953
  • Sword of Salvation, Ministry of Defense, 1966
  • Tabernacle of Peace, Am Oved, 1958; Ma`ariv, 1988
  • Ma`ariv, 1988
  • The Three that Left, Massada, 1963
  • People of Beit Rimon, Amichai, 1958; Ma`ariv 1988
  • The Secret of a Woman, Am Oved, 1957
  • The Way to the Red Rock, The Author, 1959
  • Upon Thy Walls, O Jerusalem, Renaissance, 1967
  • Between Safed and Jerusalem, Bialik Institute, 1972; Ma`ariv, 1992
  • Soul Mate, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1979
  • The Fourth Photograph, Yachdav, 1980; Ma`ariv, 1991
  • A Guide for Confused Patriots, Hadar, 1984
  • Tales of Safed, Tales of Jerusalem, Keter, 1984
  • A Heretic Despite Himself, Keter, 1985
  • Let There Be Light, Hadar, 1985
  • Three Ways, Keter, 1986
  • The Infant from Bar`am, Hadar, 1987
  • A Hungry Man`s Tale, Ma`ariv, 1988
  • On The Way Back, Keter, 1988
  • The Fish and the Dove, Ma`ariv, 1989
  • Utopia in Blue and White, Ma`ariv, 1990
  • Burnt Matches, Ma`ariv, 1991
  • Seed of Everlasting Life, Ma`ariv, 1992
  • Parchment and Flesh, Ma`ariv, 1993

Performed plays

  • Guardians of the Walls
  • My Husband the Minister
  • Vote For Agassi
  • It Happened in Tel Aviv
  • Saturday in Tiberias
  • Laugh Beloved Land
  • Until One Hundred and Ninety
  • Peace, Peace, But There Is No Peace

Books in translation