Yaniv Iczkovits

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Yaniv Iczkovits
Beer-Sheba, Israel
OccupationWriter, university lecturer
LanguageHebrew
Alma mater
Genre
  • novels
  • essays
  • philosophy
Notable awards

Yaniv Iczkovits (

The Slaughterman's Daughter
, with an unlikely assortment of Jewish characters on a quest in late 19th century Czarist Russia, has been translated into several European languages and gained critical acclaim.

Early life and education

Iczkovits was born in

Holocaust, from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Romania. One grandfather was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.[1]

In 1993, he enlisted in the IDF, volunteered for the Maglan elite commando unit and served as an officer. As a team commander he took part in the fighting in southern Lebanon. Upon his discharge from the IDF with the rank of lieutenant, he traveled to the Far East.[2] He enrolled in the

dissertation dealt with Ludwig Wittgenstein's thought and analyzed the interplay between ethics and language.[4]

Academic career

He taught for eight years at the

postdoctoral research at Columbia University in New York City,[5] where he adapted his doctoral dissertation into the book Wittgenstein's Ethical Thought.[6]

For the academic year 2021/2022, Iczkovits was appointed to serve as

Joshua Sobol.[3]

Views and positions

In 2002, after a stint of reservist service in

occupied territories. Iczkovits spent a month in military prison for refusing to go on additional reserve service in the territories.[7]

During the

the occupation
and Israeli extremism. Iczkovits also blames the Netanyahu governments and the Israeli left for their attitudes to Hamas.[8]

Personal life

Iczkovits lives with his wife and three daughters in Tel Aviv.[5]

Awards and nominations

Awards

  • 2007 – Inaugural Haaretz Books Prize for his first book, Pulse[9]
  • 2010 – Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works (Levi Eshkol Prize), for Adam and Sophie[10]
  • 2015 – Funding from the Ministry of Culture and Sport's People of the Book award for translation of Hebrew literature into foreign languages, for The Slaughterman's Daughter"[11]
  • 2016 – The Ramat Gan Prize for Literature awarded for "literary excellence in the original novel category" for The Slaughterman's Daughter[12]
  • 2016 – Inaugural award of the Agnon Prize for the Literary Arts, for
    The Slaughterman's Daughter[13]
  • 2021 – The
    The Slaughterman's Daughter[14]

Shortlisted

Reviewers' notable mention for The Slaughterman's Daughter

The Slaughterman's Daughter reviewed by the major press

Publications

Nonfiction

Fiction

References

  1. ^ "Webinar interview with author Yaniv Iczkovits". Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University Book Club. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. ^ Karpel, Dalia (2007-05-09). "יניב איצקוביץ' רצה להיות כמו כולם" [Yaniv Iczkovits Wanted to be Like Everybody Else] (in Hebrew). Haaretz online. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  3. ^ a b "Yaniv Iczkovits, author, Artist in Residence for 2021/2022". Israel Institute for Advanced Studies. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Yaniv Iczkovits". The Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature (www.ithl.org.il). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b "A conversation with author Yaniv Iczkovits". Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University Book Club. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. ISBN 978-1-137-02635-4
    . Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  7. ^ ""Officers letter"". Haaretz. Retrieved 31 January 2002.
  8. ^ Biosca Azcoiti, Javier (20 November 2023). "De la Intifada a la ofensiva en Gaza: qué fue de los militares que se negaron a servir en los territorios ocupados". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  9. ^ Lev-Ari, Shiri (8 January 2008). "Itzkovich's 'Pulse' Wins Haaretz First Book Prize". Haaretz.
  10. ^ Sela, Maya (1 December 2010). "בין 14 זוכי פרס ראש הממשלה ויזלטיר, קסטל בלום, פוצ'ו וגברון" [Among the 14 laureates of the Prime Minister's Prize: Wieseltier, Castel-Bloom, Puchu, and Gavron] (in Hebrew). Haaretz. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  11. ^ Izikovitz, Gili (2016-01-18). "קרן 'עם הספר' תתרגם 17 ספרים ישראליים לשפו זרות" [The 'People of the Book' Fund will translate 17 Israeli books into foreign languages] (in Hebrew). haaretz online. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Yaniv Iczkovits". Penguin Random House Audio Publishing. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Agnon Prize for the year 5777" (in Hebrew). Agnon House, Jerusalem. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Yaniv Iczkovits wins 2021 Wingate Prize". The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Sapir Prize shortlist nominee" (in Hebrew). 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Our books of the year". The Economist. December 3, 2020.
  17. ^ "The Times and The Sunday Times Best Books of 2020 | Books in the Media". The Times and The Sunday Times – via booksinthemedia.thebookseller.com.
  18. ^ "10 Fiction Books To Look for in 2021". Kirkus Reviews.
  19. ^ "The Slaughterman's Daughter". Publishers Weekly.
  20. ^ Sacks, Sam (19 February 2021). "In Memory of Memory". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  21. ^ Azoulay, Shay K. (23 February 2021). "Chasing Down a Deadbeat Dad, With a Knife Strapped to Her Leg". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  22. The Free Library
    .
  23. ^ Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing catalog. "Pulse". Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  24. ^ "Editions of דופק by Yaniv Iczkovits". Goodreads. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  25. ^ Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing catalog. "Adam and Sophie". Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  26. ^ a b c d "Foreign language editions of The Slaughterman's Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits". Goodreads. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  27. ^ "The Slaughterman's Daughter: A novel". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  28. ^ Keter Publishing catalog. "Af Echad Lo Ozev et Palo Alto". Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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