Avner Shatz

Avner Shatz was born in Kiryat Yam, Israel, in 1959. He now lives in Haifa where he works for a shipping company. He has published a novel, a collection of short stories and a book for children. His first published story, Figs, won the Haaretz Short Story Competition in 1989.


Books Published in Hebrew
Printed Circuits (stories), Keter, 1994 [Ma`agalim Mudpasim]
Sailing to the Sunset (novel), Zmora Bitan, 1998 [Lashut el Ha-Shki`ah]
Hila and the Sockfish (children), Yedioth Ahronoth, 2005 [Hila Ve-Dag Ha-Gerev]

Books in Translation
Individual stories have been published in: English, Dutch, Russian, Italian and Japanese.

Last updated: 05.02.2009


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