Person
David Grossman
b. 1954
Israeli author (born 1954)
- Born
- 25 Jan 1954 · Jerusalem
Part ofIsrael1,457 BCE – today
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
Showing 83 years
- 25 Jan 1954BornBorn in Jerusalem
- 1979AwardNewman Prize
- 1991AwardNelly Sachs Prize
- 1993AwardBernstein Prize
- 2001AwardSapir Prize for Literature
- 2002AwardManès-Sperber-Preis
- 2004AwardBialik Prize
- 2007AwardIschia International Journalism Award
- 2007AwardThe EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture
- 2008AwardGeschwister-Scholl-Preis
- 2010AwardAlbatros Literaturpreis
- 2010AwardPeace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
- 2011AwardPrix Médicis étranger
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1954 – today).
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
Biography
David Grossman (Hebrew: דויד גרוסמן; born January 25, 1954) is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
In 2018, he was awarded the Israel Prize for literature.
Text from the Wikipedia article David Grossman, CC BY-SA 4.0
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