(fiction writer, cultural journalist, Israel; born 1952, Tel Aviv) received the IBM Prize for Tolerance for a series of articles about Iranian political refugees in an Israeli prison, and his biography of the Israeli poet Yona Wallach (Keter Publishing Co., 1993) was on the Israeli best-seller list for several months. His novel The Memory Hunter was published by Am Oved in 1997. His collection of short stories, Israel, Another Landscape has been translated into Italian and French. After fighting in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Mr. Sarna was one of the founding members of Peace Now. He has been on the editorial board of Israel's most popular daily newspaper, Yediot Ahronot since 1986. His participation in the IWP is supported by the United States Information Agency.
Countries
Israel
Languages
Hebrew
Session
1998