Hanoch Bartov (1926–2016)

Hanoch Bartov was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, in 1926 and now lives in Tel Aviv. During World War II, he served in the British Army`s Jewish Brigade and he also fought in Israel`s 1948 War of Independence. Bartov is well known as a novelist, playwright and journalist. He served as Israel`s cultural attache in London, and for 20 years he wrote a regular opinion column for the daily Maariv. He has published 10 novels, six collections of short stories, three books of essays and a biography of David Elazar. Among other awards, Bartov has received the Bialik Prize (1985), the President`s Prize for Literature (1998), the Agnon Prize (2005), the Buchman Prize (2006), the Prime Minister`s Prize (2007) the Yehuda Amichai-ACUM Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2007) and the Israel Prize for Literature (2010). In 2005, he was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Tel Aviv University.