Haim Be'er
Haim Be'er, born on 9 February 1945, is an Israeli novelist.Biography
Haim Rachlevsky was born in Jerusalem to an Orthodox Jewish family. He grew up in the Geula neighborhood, and attended Ma'aleh, a state religious high school. In 1963-1965 he served in the Israel Defense Forces in the army rabbinate, writing for the army newspaper Mahanayim. Concurrently he worked nights as a copy editor at the daily newspaper Davar.
In 1966, he began working at the Am Oved publishing house, first as a copyeditor and later as an editor and member of the editorial board. All his books have been published by Am Oved. For ten years, he wrote a weekly column called "Memoirs of a Bookworm".
Be'er teaches Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Be'er's latest novel, El Makom Sheharuakh Holekh,, was inspired by a trek to Nepal and Tibet. Dedicated to the classic Yiddish writer Mendele Mocher Sforim, it is a mystical tale about a Hasidic rebbe from Bnei Brak who travels to Tibet.Awards
- In 1980, Be'er was awarded the Bernstein Prize.
- In 2002, Be'er was the co-recipient of the Bialik Prize for literature.
- In addition, he has won many other literary prizes, including the Prime Minister's Prize.
Published works
- Sha`ashu`ei Yom Yom
- Feathers, originally Notzot
- Et ha-Zamir
- Gam Ahavatam Gam Sinatam - Bialik, Brenner, Agnon Ma`arakhot Yahasim
- The Pure Element of Time, originally Havalim
- Lifnei Hamakom
