Avner Shats
Avner Shats (Hebrew: אבנר שץ; born 1959) is an Israeli author[1] and poet. Born in Kiryat Yam, Israel, he now lives in Haifa.[2]
Having attended the naval academy in Acre as a boy, Shats commanded a swift boat on the Dead Sea before going to work for a shipping company. He is held to be an expert on maritime lore in general and the brief, checkered history of seafaring Israel in particular.[citation needed]
He is regarded as Israel's token
Oxford University
, where he began his second, still unfinished novel, "42." The children's story "Hila ve Dag Ha-Gerev" (Hila and the Sockfish) appeared in 2005.
A collection of short stories by Shats was published in November 2016 by Locus Publishing [1].
"Private Novelist" by Nell Zink contains two novellas titled "Sailing Towards the Sunset by Avner Shats" and "European Story for Avner Shats".
References
- ^ Green, Jeff (June 17, 1994). "READING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT". The Jerusalem Post. p. 30. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
Printed Circuits by Avner Shats, published by Keter
- ^ a b c "Avner Shatz". The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature. 2009.
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