Uri Orlev
Uri Orlev (; born 24 February 1931) is a Polish-born Israeli children's author and translator. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1996 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature." Biography. Uri Orlev, born Jerzy Henryk Orłowski, was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of a physician. During World War II he lived in the Warsaw Ghetto until his mother was killed by the Germans, and he was then sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. After the war he moved to Israel. He began writing children's literature in 1976 and has since published  over 30 books, which are often biographical. His books have been translated from Hebrew into 36 languages. Orlev has also translated Polish literature into Hebrew. Uri Orlev was later interviewed in the documentary film "Life is Strange" not only on his book, but also on his life before World War II. Orlev is married with two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren. One of his sons, Itamar Orlev, is also a writer and made his debut with the novel "Bandit" in 2015. Orlev mainly wrote books about children's literature and translates from Polish to Hebrew. He translated "Quo Vadis  by Henrik Sankevich. His well known books are about his childhood in the Hoculast or his early years in Israel, and present things from an accessible perspective for children. Awards and critical acclaim. The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Orlev received the writing award in 1996. The jury stated: In 1972, he received the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works. In 2006, he was awarded the Bialik Prize for literature (jointly with Ruth Almog 	Uri Orlev
27177563	and Raquel Chalfi). In the U.S., four books by Orlev have won the Batchelder Award in English-language translations by Hillel Halkin published by Houghton Mifflin. The annual American Library Association award recognizes the children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States". The four American titles were "The Island on Bird Street", "The Man from the Other Side", "The Lady with the Hat", and "Run, Boy, Run", published from 1984 to 2003 by Houghton Mifflin , eventually by its Walter Lorraine Books imprint.