Minotaur (1981 Novel)
''Minotaur'' was a novel by Benjamin Tammuz first published in English translation in 1981. The translation was made by Kim Parfitt and Mildred Budny. The novel is a story of love and obsession with tragic consequences. Graham Greene declared that it was the "novel of the year" following its publication. The novel was made into a film of the same name in 1997 by director Jonathan Tammuz Jonathan Tammuz is a British-Canadian film director, best known for directing the short film ''The Childeater'' and the feature film ''Rupert's Land''. ''The Childeater'' was a shortlisted Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at th ..., the son of Benjamin Tammuz. References 1981 novels Israeli novels adapted into films {{1980s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Benjamin Tammuz
Benjamin Tammuz ( he, בנימין תמוז) (11 July 1919 –19 July 1989) was an Israeli writer and artist who contributed to Israeli culture in many disciplines, as a novelist, journalist, critic, painter, and sculptor. Benjamin Tammuz was born in Soviet Russia. When he was five years old, he emigrated with his parents to Palestine, where he subsequently attended the Tachkemoni school and the Herzliya Hebrew High School in Tel Aviv. From an early age, he engaged in writing, sculpture, and painting. He also took an avid interest in art history, going on to study that subject at the Sorbonne in Paris. While growing up, he became a member of the Communist underground. As a youth he was a member of the Canaanite movement. More than his teachers and friends, the artist Yitzhak Danziger was an influence on him. In 1948, Tammuz joined the editorial board of ''Haaretz''. At first he wrote the popular column "Uzi & Co." Later he edited the children's newspaper ''Haaretz Shelanu''. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic literary revival, Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. He was awarded the 1968 Shakespeare Prize and the 1981 Jerusalem Prize. He converted to Catholicism in 1926 after meeting his future wife, Vivien Greene, Vivien Dayrell-Browning. Later in life he took to calling himself a "Catholic agnostic". He died in 1991, at age 86, of leukemia, and was buried in Corseaux cemetery. Early years (1904–1922) Henry Graham Green ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jonathan Tammuz
Jonathan Tammuz is a British-Canadian film director, best known for directing the short film ''The Childeater'' and the feature film ''Rupert's Land''. ''The Childeater'' was a shortlisted Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 62nd Academy Awards,"Eyes for Oscar". ''Vancouver Sun'', March 9, 1990. and ''Rupert's Land'' was a Genie Award nominee for Best Picture at the 19th Genie Awards, with Tammuz also nominated for Best Director. The son of Israeli writer Benjamin Tammuz, he grew up in England where his father was a cultural attaché at the Israeli embassy and a writer in residence at Oxford University. He met and married Lib Stephen, a Canadian, when they were both studying at England's National Film and Television School; Stephen was the screenwriter for both ''The Childeater'' and Tammuz's film ''Cordoba''. Tammuz subsequently directed a 1997 film adaptation of his father's novel ''Minotaur'' before making ''Rupert's Land''.Peter Cowie, ''The Variety I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1981 Novels
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