Tsur Shezaf (; born 1959 in

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

) is an Israeli travel-book writer,

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and

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. Shezaf wrote for

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, and

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(an Israeli geographical magazine) between 1988 and 2022. As a journalist, Shezaf has been on special assignments throughout

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, Europe, the

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and

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with Masa Aher,

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, Channel 10 and Channel 1 television. Some of his recent work has also been in

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. On 1991 he was the first westerner to cross from Istanbul to China former Central Asia USSR republics on the Silk roads, traveling with the king of Georgia Lado BagratIoni and the knight Zaza Zizishvili. The book 'The Silk Road, is a highly acclaimed travel He headed an

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by the name of Yafo Yefat Yamim who worked on rebuilding and recovering the old city of Jaffa - protecting the old harbor and its fishermen from privatizing, reclaiming the sea shore that was destroyed by the government and developing human and physical features of the city. He is a leading writer and his books, novels and travel, deals with the shrinking Israeli open space, effecting nature and humans. His latest books are: 'The Adventurers', A novel,''Da'ash, A Journey to Devil's Doorstep'' 2016, a journalistic travel book based on more than 25 years of traveling in the Middle East including covering the Arab Spring and the wars in Iraq and Syria. In contrast, one of his latest book is ''The Devil from the Sataf'', a book of Israeli legends collected and invented. Both books became best sellers. In 2011 he planted a vineyard in the high Negev Plateau, which can be considered the southernmost vineyards for top wine vines in the northern hemisphere. The small winery produce natural desert wines

Works

Novels

* ''The Adventurers'' Masaot 2024 * ''The wife of the lost Pilot'' Xargol (2011) * ''The Happy Man'' Xargol (2007) * ''Storm Is a Calm Place For Us'' Kinutz - Siman Kriaa(2000) * ''Love on the Divide'' Xargol(1998) * ''The Red Buddha'' Kibutz(1995) * ''The Dancer'' Am Oved(1992) * ''Panther Trap'' Kibutz-Siman Kriaa (1988)

Travel Books

* ''Daash, A Journey to Deveil's Doorstep'' Kibutz-Poalim, (2016) * ''End of the road- Death of a Country, a critical travel in Israel'' Am Oved (2007) * ''Shanti Shanti Balagan, An Israeli travel in India'' Xargol (2004) * ''The Panamericana A journey in Central America'' Masot (2001) * ''Witchcraft in Huncabmba'' Masaot (1997) * ''The Road to Happiness - A Journey in Deserts'' Keter (1994) * ' The Silk Road, ''Crossing Asia from Istanbul to Beijing'' Masaot (1992) * ''The Sea Book - A Journey Along the Israeli Shoreline'' Yedioth Aharonot (1991)

Legends

* ''The Devil from the Sataf'' Agadot-Masaot (2016) * '' The Crocodile from Crocodilopolis'' Agadot-Masaot (2019

Travel Guides

* ''Sinai & Egypt'' (1994),

Keter Publishing House Keter or Kether (; ) is the first of the ten sefirot in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, symbolizing the divine will and the initial impulse towards creation from the ''Ein Sof'', or infinite source. It represents pure consciousness and transcen ...

* ''Jordan'' (1995), Keter Publishing House

*In 2008, he was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Writers.

References

External links

Personal web site

Tsur Shezaf

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shezaf, Tzur 1959 births Living people Israeli non-fiction writers Israeli novelists Tel Aviv University alumni Writers from Jerusalem Haaretz people Yedioth Ahronoth people Israeli journalists 20th-century travel writers