Avner mandelman biography

Avner Mandelman Biography

Avner Mandelman was born in Israel and served in the Israeli Air Force during the Six-Day War. Two of his story collections have been published in Canada. The U.S. story collection Talking to the Enemy, which consists of stories from the two Canadian collections, was chosen by Kirkus as one of the twenty-five best books of 2005, and by the ALA as the first recipient of the Sophie Brody Medal for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature.

Several of his stories have won awards in the U.S., Canada, and Israel, including being selected for the Pushcart Prize, and the Journey Prize. His short story, "Pity," was selected for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories 1995.

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PERSONAL:

Born July 22, 1947, in Tel Aviv, Israel; citizen of Canada; son of Rafael and Regina (a homemaker) Mandelman; children: Ron, Dan. Education: Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, B.Sc., 1972; Stanford University, M.B.A., 1976; San Francisco State University, M.A., 1993. Politics: "Ars über alles." Religion: Jewish. Hobbies and other interests: Boxing, violin, reading, "my kids."

ADDRESSES:

Home—Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Agent—Victoria Gould-Pryor, 31 Lake Place N., Danbury, CT 06810. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Giraffe Capital Corporation (freelance stock analysis firm), president. Military service: Israeli Air Force, 1965-68.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Pushcart Prize, 1991; first prize in short story contest, Ma'anv (Israel); Sophie Brody Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Jewish Literature, 2006.

WRITINGS:

Talking to the Enemy (short stories), Oberon Press (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1998, published as Talking to the Enemy: Stories, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 2005.

Cuckoo (short stories), Oberon Press (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 2003.

Work represented in anthologies, including Best American Short Stories, 1995, and in a Pushcart Prize anthology.

ADAPTATIONS:

Mandelman's short story "Pity" was adapted as a solo play, presented as a reading in San Francisco, CA, at American Conservatory Theater, 1995, and later presented in New York City, at Symphony Space, and broadcast by National Public Radio.

SIDELIGHTS:

Avner Mandelman was born in Israel and served in the Israeli Air Force from 1965 to 1968. Thereafter he immigrated to Canada, where he worked in the stock market and began writing short stories. He puts these varied experiences to use in his collection Talking to the Enemy: Stories, a "probing" work, according to a Kirkus Reviews critic. The book's nine stories informally trace the history of Israel from its birth to the current day; several of the tales feature the Moss

Israeli-Canadian businessman and writer

Avner Mandelman is an Israeli-Canadian businessman and writer. His debut novelThe Debba, published in 2010, won the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

A former hedge fund manager in Toronto, Ontario, Mandelman has also published two short story collections and the investment guide The Sleuth Investor. His short story collection Talking to the Enemy won the first Sophie Brody Award for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature from the American Library Association in 2006.Talking to the Enemy, containing stories featured in The Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize Stories, was recognized as a Best Book of 2005 by Kirkus Reviews and won the J. I. Segal Award for Fiction in 2000.

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