Nir Baram
Nir Baram (Hebrew: ניר ברעם; born June 2, 1976, in Jerusalem) is an Israeli author. Baram attended high school in Hebrew University Secondary School. He later studied literature in Tel Aviv University and was an editor in Am Oved publishing house.
Nir Baram

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- Name
- Nir Baram
- Born
- 2 June 1976
- Birthplace
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Occupation
- Author
- Education
- Tel Aviv University (Literature)
- Awards
- Prime Minister's Award for Hebrew literature (2010), Ophir Award for Best Documentary (2018)
- Nationality
- Israel
- Honours
- Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works
- Languages
- Hebrew
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Nir Baram (Hebrew: ניר ברעם; born June 2, 1976, in Jerusalem) is an Israeli author. Baram attended high school in Hebrew University Secondary School. He later studied literature in Tel Aviv University and was an editor in Am Oved publishing house.
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Nir Baram (born 1976) is an Israeli journalist, opinion journalist and poet, among other activities. The journalist was born in Jerusalem. Nir Baram studied at Tel Aviv University.
Languages used include Hebrew. The journalist received Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works.
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His novels, The Remaker of Dreams (2006), Good People (2010) and At Night's End (2018), were short listed for Israel's Sapir Prize for Literature and were Best sellers in Israel. Good people was translated into 10 languages and in 2010 Baram won the Prime Minister's Award for Hebrew literature and was shortlisted for the Rome Prize for literature (Premio Roma). His novel World Shadow, published in 2013, was a bestseller and attracted many responses inside the literary world and outside of it. Baram writes for Haaretz and other newspapers and is known for his political opinions. In the summer of 2006 he was one of the leaders of the young poets and authors who called for the ceasefire in the 2006 Lebanon War and in 2010 he gave a political and controversial speech in the opening of the 2nd International Writers Festival in Jerusalem. In 2016 he published the non-fiction book A Land without Borders, based on his 2 years journey in the West Bank, which Baram later made into a documentary that won the Ophir Award (the Israeli Oscar) for best documentary in 2018. In 2018 Baram also published his novel At Night's End, based also on his childhood experiences in Jerusalem. The novel was a bestseller in Israel and was shortlisted for the Sapir prize for literature. His father and grandfather are the Israeli politicians Uzi and Moshe Baram.

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• Name — Nir Baram • Native Name — ניר ברעם • Born — 2 June 1976 • Birthplace — Jerusalem, Israel • Occupation — Author • Education — Tel Aviv University (Literature) • Notable Works — The Remaker of Dreams, Good People, World Shadow, At Night's End • Awards — Prime Minister's Award for Hebrew literature (2010), Ophir Award for Best Documentary (2018) • Relatives — Uzi Baram (father), Moshe Baram (grandfather)
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Nir Baram is recorded with the occupation opinion journalist. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Recorded as journalist, writer and poet.
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1976
Nir Baram was born on 2 June 1976.
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• The Remaker of Dreams, Keter, 2006 (German: Der Wiederträumer,Schöffling, 2009) • Good people, Am Oved, 2010 (German- Carl Hanser Verlag; Spain- Alfaguara; Brasil- Editora Objetiva; France- Éditions Robert Laffont; Netherlands- De Bezige Bij; Italy- Ponte alle Grazie; Norway- Gyldendal; Finland- Otava; Denmark- Gyldendal; Catalan- Empuries Narrativa), (English- Text publishing • World Shadow, Am Oved, 2013 Spain- Alfaguara, Netherlands- De Bezige Bij, Belgium- De Bezige Bij, Mexico- Alfaguara, Germany and Austria- Carl Hanser, Text publishing - world English rights • A Land Without Borders, 2017, Text Publishing • At Night's End, Am Oved, 2018, World rights were sold to Text publishing house
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