Background
Yoram Kaniuk was born in Tel Aviv. His father, Moshe Kaniuk, born in Ternopil, Galicia (Eastern Europe), in Ukraine, was the first curator of Tel Aviv Museum of Artist
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Yoram Kaniuk was born in Tel Aviv. His father, Moshe Kaniuk, born in Ternopil, Galicia (Eastern Europe), in Ukraine, was the first curator of Tel Aviv Museum of Artist
Kaniuk"s mother, born in Odessa, was also a teacher. Her family immigrated to Palestine in 1909, the year Tel Aviv was founded, and settled in Neve Tzedek. At the age of 17, Kaniuk joined the Palmach.
In 1948, during the War of Independence, he was shot in the legs by an Englishman in a kaffiyeh.
He was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital in New New York In 1958 while living in the United States of America, Kaniuk married Miranda Baker, a Christian woman.
At his death, he donated his body to science and eschewed a funeral (which in Israel are managed by ultra-Orthodox Jews). Legal status as Jew Hundreds of other Israelis intend to do the same.
A new verb, lehitkaniuk (to Kaniuk oneself) was coined to refer to this process.
Kaniuk has published 17 novels, a memoir, seven collections of short stories, two books of essays and five books for children and youth. An international conference dedicated to the works of Kaniuk was held at Cambridge University in March 2006. "Eagles" is a war story that attacks the subject of death in Israeli culture from a unique angle.
His work has been described as "existential writing that deviates from the Israeli consensus" and difficult to categorize.
He is known for the dark, somewhat bizarre humor in his writing. The late writers Anthony Burgess and Kurt Vonnegut have influenced his unsettling style of political satire.
He was widely rejected by the Israeli mainstream until the 21st century, where many young readers found his unique take on the sensitive Israeli social climate refreshing.
Kaniuk has won numerous literary prizes, among them are the following: In 1980, the Ze'ev Prize for Children"s literature. In 1997, the Prix des Droits de l"Homme (France). In 1998, the President"s Prize. In 1999, the Bialik Prize for literature (co-recipient with Aharon Almog and Nurit Zarchi). In 2000, the Prix Mediterranee Etranger for Commander of the Exodus. In 2005, the Book Publishers Association"s Gold Book Prize. In 2006, the Newman Prize. In 2011, the Sapir Prize for Literature for 1948.
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( Yoram Kaniuk has been hailed as one of the most innova...)
( The crowning achievement of one of Israel's literary ma...)
