Happy 80th, Uriel Ofek! (Israeli writer, "Smoke over Golan")

He lives in Nof-Yam, Herzlia, Israel. Also the translator of American &
British classics into Hebrew (see bottom).

He won the Hans Christian Andersen Certificate of Honor from
International Board on Books for Young People, 1976, for "Smoke over
Golan." ("A 10-year-old Israeli boy's adventure near the front during
the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Egypt and Syria.")


From Contemporary Authors:


WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

Ha-Hatsagah hayevet le-himashekh (juvenile), Massada, 1967, translation
by Ruth Rasnic published as The Show Must Go On, Massada, 1971.
(Editor) The Dog That Flew, and Other Favorite Stories from Israel,
Funk, 1969.

(Editor) Ha-Shalom Sheli, American Israel Publishing, 1974, translation
by Dov Vardi published as My Shalom, My Peace: Paintings and Poems by
Jewish and Arab Children, McGraw, 1975.
Ashan kissa et ha-Golan (juvenile), Mizrachi, 1975, translation by
Israel Taslitt published as Smoke over Golan: A Novel of the 1973 Yom
Kippur War in Israel, illustrated by Lloyd Bloom, Harper, 1979.
Tom and Laura from Right to Left: American Children's Books Experienced
by Young Hebrew Readers, American Library Association, 1978.

The History of Children's Literature in Hebrew, Dvir, 1986.

Beware! Ducks Crossing, Dushkin Publishing, 1992.



IN HEBREW

Be-ozne ha-ilan (poems; title means "In the Tree's Ears"), Mahbarot
le-Sifrut, 1953.
Be-sod yeladim (juvenile; title means "Children's Secrets"), Chachik,
1953.
Yeladin ba-ahu (juvenile; title means "Children in the Pasture"),
Chachik, 1954.
Na'ar kisufim; Sipur hayav shel 'Amikam Rhahlin (biography; title means
"A Longing Lad: Life of Amikam Rhahlin"), Chachik, 1956.
Sheva' tahonat ve'od tahannah (juvenile; title means "Seven Mills and a
Station"), Chachik, 1956, revised edition, Yavneh, 1980.
Masa'el aba ha-hayal (juvenile; title means "A Journey to Daddy, the
Soldier"), Chachik, 1958.


Me-Robinson 'ad Lobengulu (title means "From Robinson to Lobengulu: The
Story behind Great Stories"), Massada, 1962.
Kochavim ba'Gvul (juvenile; title means "Stars on the Border"),
Chachik, 1963.
Tse' adim ba-hol (juvenile; title means "Footsteps in the Sand"),
Massada, 1966.
Mi-Shilgiyah ve'-ad Emil (title means "From Cinderella to Emil: The
Story behind the Great Stories"), Massada, 1967.
Hei, habitu le-ma'lah (juvenile; title means "Hey, Look Up!"), Am Oved,
1968.
Mi-Tarzan 'ad Hasambah (title means "From Tarzan to Hasamba: The Story
behind Great Stories"), Massada, 1969.


Olam tsa'ir (title means "Young World: Encyclopedia of Children's
Literature"), Massada, 1970.
Gibor hidah (biography; title means "Mysterious Hero"), Sreberk, 1970.
Efoh temunot ha-temunoit (juvenile; title means "To Pick a Picture"),
Millo, 1973.
Hamesh dakot pahad (juvenile; title means "A Five-Minutes' Fear"),
Sifriat Po'alim, 1974.
En sodot ba-skekhunah (juvenile; title means "No Secrets in the
Neighborhood"), Sifriat Po'alim, 1976.
Tmunat dam (autobiographical; title means "Blood Picture"), Reshafim,
1977.
Sifrut ha-yeladim ha-'ivrit-ha-Hathala (title means "The Beginning of
Hebrew Children's Literature"), Tel Aviv University Press, 1979.
Thu lahem Sefarim (title means "Let Them Have Books"), Sifriat Po'alim,
1979.
Helem 'Ir ha-Hachamim (juvenile; title means "Helem, Town of the
Wise"), Keter, 1979.


Ba-derekh lagimnasia (juvenile novel; title means "High School Ways"),
Sifriat Po'alim, 1980.
Leil ha-Gesharim (history; title means "The Night of the Bridges"),
Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1981.
Sandal ha-Zekhukhit shel ha-Hatul be-Magafayim (folklore; title means
"The Glass Slipper of Puss-in-Boots"), Dvir, 1982.
Me'ever legivat ha'Liviathan (juvenile; title means "Beyond Whale
Hill"), Keter, 1983.
Gumot hen (biography; title means "Dimples: Bialik's Contribution to
Children's Literature"), Dvir, 1983.
Lexikon Ofek lesifrut yeladim (title means "The Ofek Cyclopaedia of
Children's Authors"), Zmora, 1984.
Sifrut ha-Yeladim ha-'Ivrit, 1905-1948 (title means "Hebrew Children's
Literature, 1905-1948"), Dvir, 1984.


CHILDREN'S PLAYS; IN HEBREW


Uri hajinji be-Sheva Tahanot (two act; title means "Redheaded Uri in
Seven Mills"), Tilon, 1960.
Ot be-Eretz ha-Pelaot (two-act; title means "Letters in Wonderland"),
Habimah, 1968.
Ha-Yir heha-shir (two-act; title means "The City and the Song"), Yuval,
Kefar Shmaryahu, 1968.
Shlomo he-hakham ba-adam (two-act; title means "King Solomon the
Wisest"), Godik, 1969.


Afun ha-pele (two-act; title means "The Magic Bean"), Lilach, 1972.
Bat ha'Melech ve' Haleitzan (two-act; title means "The Princess and the
Clown"), David, 1973.


CHILDREN'S POETRY; IN HEBREW

Yaldei ha-Olam Sharim (title means "The World's Children Sing:
Children's Rhymes from Five Continents"), Chachik, 1963.
Ha-Yom ha-Shemesh mehayechet (title means "The Sun Is Smiling Today"),
Chachik, 1967.
Yaldei ha-Olam hishmi'u Kolam (title means "The World's Children Raise
Their Voices"), Chachik, 1968.
Yaldei ha-Aviv (title means "Children of Spring"), Massada, 1968.
Bo letayel, Abbo, tov? (title means "Let's Go Hiking, Daddy, Okay?"),
Sifriat Po'alim, 1969.


Az ma kedai lihiot (title means "What's Worth To Be"), Don, 1970.
Ha-Yamim ha-Yafim (title means "Beautiful Days"), Ofer, 1974.


EDITOR OF BOOKS IN HEBREW

Bene Kiryat Hayim be-milhemet ha-shihrur (memorial volume; title means
"Sons of Kiryat Hayim in the War of Independence"), Kiryat Hayim
Municipality, 1950.
Mivhar ha-sipur ha-Hodi (anthology; title means "Best Indian Short
Stories"), Hadar, 1954.


Gan ha-haruzim (children's poems; title means "Garden of Verse"),
Amichai, 1961, revised edition, 1983.
Min ha-milhamah (anthology; title means "From the War"), Ministry of
Defense, 1969.

OTHER Translator of more than twenty children's books from English into
Hebrew, including Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, the Uncle Remus Tales,
The Wind in the Willows, The Phantom Tollbooth, and Henry Reed, Inc.
Author of "The Miracle," a film script released by Noah Films, 1968.
Lyricist and author of scripts for Israeli television. Contributor of
articles and reviews to magazines, including Bookbird, Horn Book,
School Library Journal, and Phaedrus.




Lenona.

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