Yitzhak Goren


Yitzhak Gormezano Goren is an Egyptian-born Israeli writer.

Biography

Yitzhak Gormezano Goren was born in Alexandria. His family immigrated to Israel when he as a child. He received an MFA in theater directing from Brooklyn College.
He is married to the actress Shosha Goren.

Literary and theater career

Yitzhak Goren co-founded the Kedem Stage Theater in Tel Aviv in 1982 and ran it for three decades, the Kedem stage publishing house in 1998 and the "Hakivun Mizrakh" literary review in 2000. As a writer, Gormezano Goren is known for his 1978 novel Alexandrian Summer, which was translated into English by Yardenne Greenspan. He won the Ramat Gan Prize for Literature, the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, the Israeli Ministry of Culture's Prize for a lifetime achievement in Hebrew literature in 2015 and the Yitzhak Navon's Prize for promoting Jewish Cultural Legacy in literature.

Works

Novels

  • The "Alexandrian trilogy"
  • * Alexandrian Summer, Am Oved Publishing House, Tel Aviv, 1978.. Reprinted in 2016. The English translation was published by New Vessel Press, New York, 2015.
  • * Blanche, Am Oved Publishing House, Tel Aviv, 1986.
  • The Path to the Stadium, Kedem Stage Publishing, Tel Aviv, 2003
  • Mosheh, Maurice and Mussah, Kedem Stage Publishing, Tel Aviv, 1986.
  • Shelter in Bavli or The Yellow Scorpion, Kedem Stage Publishing, Tel Aviv, 1998.

Historical Novels

  • My Heart is in the East, Massada Publishing House, Tel Aviv, 1985.
  • The Sun Rises in the West, Massada Publishing House, Tel Aviv, 1985.
  • The Wise Man from Baghdad, Kedem Stage Publishing, Tel Aviv, 2008.
  • The "Seniora Quartet" . It includes:
  • * The Sacred Lie, Hakibbutz Hame'uhad Publisher, Tel Aviv, 2010.
  • * The Queen Of Finance, Hakibbutz Hame'uhad Publisher, Tel Aviv, 2013.
  • * Venitian Fever, Hakibbutz Hame'uhad Publisher, Tel Aviv, 2015.
  • * Queen Of The Jews, Hakibbutz Hame'uhad Publisher, Tel Aviv, 2019.

Plays

  • The Gospel According to Midorus, Award and publication: the Cultural Council, Israel, 1966.
  • Jackasses, The Haifa City Theater, 1971.
  • Kroopnick's Soup, The Tel Aviv Workshop for Israeli Drama, 1972
  • A Simple Tale '', Habima Theater, 1976
  • L'Haim George – a Jewish Bi-Centennial celebration , The BJE Board of Jewish Education Theater, New York, 1976
  • Snap – A Zionistic Musical Review, The BJE Theater, New York, 1977.
  • Palms and Dreams, The Orna Porath Youth Theater,, 1982.
  • An Alexandrian Romance ,'' The Kedem Stage Theater, 1985.
  • Water, Sky and a Wooden Chest '', The Kedem Stage and The Haifa City Theater, 1987.
  • A New York Dream, The Kedem Stage and The Simta Jaffa Theater, 1988.
  • The Egyptian Moliere ,'' The Kedem Stage, 1991.
  • A Venitian Mascarade '', The Kedem Stage, 1992.
  • The Exploits of Hojah Nasr-a-Din, The Kedem Stage and The Haifa Children's Theater Festival, 1995.
  • A License to Live ,'' The Beer-Sheva City Theater, 1999.
  • Raphael's Last Romanza, The Kedem Stage Theater, 2003.
  • Oh, Dimonah! Dimonah!, The Kedem Stage Theater, 2005.
  • The Senora My Love '', The Kedem Stage Theater and The House of Dona Gracia in Tiberias, 2007
  • Please Return To Us, Philoctetes, The Kedem Stage Theater, 2008.
  • A Simple Tale ,'' Haifa City Theatre, 2009.
  • A Cantor at the Bath House '','' The Kedem Stage Theater, 2010.

Television

Radioplays

  • The Transplanted Heart and the Boxer's Glove, Kol Israel, Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
  • What's Left of You, Alexandria? Galei Tzahal, the IDF Broadcasting Service.
  • Dream the Tiberias Kingdom, A Four Parts Series '''', Kol Israel, Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
  • A New York Dream,  A Three Parts Series, Kol Israel, Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
  • Tom Jones, A Serial of Twenty Episodes, Kol Israel, Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
  • Yesterday and Before A Serial Galei Tzahal, the IDF Broadcasting Service.