Author
David Grossman
Birth Date
January 25, 1954
(72 Years)
Associated Country
Israel
David Grossman is an Israeli novelist, essayist, and journalist whose work has been translated into dozens of languages and is widely regarded as among the most significant contributions to contemporary Hebrew literature. He studied philosophy and theatre at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before beginning his career as a journalist and radio broadcaster.
Grossman's fiction is known for its psychological depth, moral complexity, and exploration of personal and collective identity. His novels frequently examine family relationships, memory, grief, love, and the human consequences of political conflict, blending intimate character studies with broader social and historical themes. His work ranges from literary fiction and experimental narratives to works for children and young adults.
Over the course of his career, Grossman has received numerous international honors, including the Israel Prize for Literature and the Man Booker International Prize. His books have earned acclaim around the world for their emotional insight, stylistic innovation, and compassionate examination of the human experience. He remains one of the most influential and widely translated voices in modern Israeli literature.
Grossman's fiction is known for its psychological depth, moral complexity, and exploration of personal and collective identity. His novels frequently examine family relationships, memory, grief, love, and the human consequences of political conflict, blending intimate character studies with broader social and historical themes. His work ranges from literary fiction and experimental narratives to works for children and young adults.
Over the course of his career, Grossman has received numerous international honors, including the Israel Prize for Literature and the Man Booker International Prize. His books have earned acclaim around the world for their emotional insight, stylistic innovation, and compassionate examination of the human experience. He remains one of the most influential and widely translated voices in modern Israeli literature.
Books
The Thinking Heart 2025
We know David Grossman's voice of ringing moral clarity from way back: since the late 1980s and The Yellow Wind, his classic work on the urgency of the two-state solution and the price paid by both...
More Than I Love My Life is the story of three strong women: Vera, age ninety; her daughter, Nina; and her granddaughter, Gili, who at thirty-nine is a filmmaker and a wary consumer of affection. A...
In a little dive in a small Israeli city, Dov Greenstein, a comedian a bit past his prime, is doing a night of stand-up. In the audience is a district court justice, Avishai Lazar, whom Dov knew as a...
Falling Out of Time 2014
A man leaves his home and begins to walk, driven by an unbearable need to understand the loss of his child. As he travels, other grieving parents join him, each carrying their own memories, questions,...
Ora has spent years worrying about her son Ofer's military service, counting the days until he can finally return home safely. But just as his service is ending, he volunteers for a dangerous new...
The Yellow Wind 2002
The Israeli novelist David Grossman's impassioned account of what he observed on the West Bank in early 1987-not only the misery of the Palestinian refugees and their deep-seated hatred of the...