Yehoshua Bar-Yosef (; b. 29 May 1912 d. 7 October 1992) was an Israeli writer. Bar-Yosef was born in

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and was raised in a

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family. He later left Orthodox Judaism and became a writer. He worked first as a

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, and then as a

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. His work includes novels, novellas, short stories, plays and historical epics about Safed. He received numerous literary awards, including the

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in 1984.

Books published in Hebrew

*''The Voice of Passion'' (stories), Kiryat Sefer, 1937; Gazit, 1939 ol Ha-Yetzarim*''A Whole Month'' (play), Mishkan, 1938 erah Yamim*''The Fallen Barrier'' (novella), Gazit, 1940 omah She-Naflah*''Mother of Daughters'' (novel), Massada/Bialik Institute, 1943; Ma`ariv 1988

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*''The Alleys of Jerusalem'' (play), Achiasaf, 1941 e-Simataot Yerushalayim*''A Meeting in Spring'', Twersky, 1947 egisha Ba-Aviv*''A Boy in the Street'' (story), Hakibbutz Hameuachad, 1945 eled Ba-Rechov*''From a Mother`s Body'' (stories), Adi, 1945 e-Gufa Shel Em*''Stories from Me`ah She`arim'', Ofer, 1946 e-Sipurei Meah Shearim*''The New House'' (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1946 a-Bait Ha-Hadash*''My Husband, the Minister'' (play), Twersky, 1950 a`ali Ha-Minister*''Magic City'' (novel), Twersky, 1949 r Kesumah*''Hakibbutz Hameuchad'', 1979 *''On the Threshold'' (novel), Twersky, 1953 a-Omdim Al Ha-Saf*''Sword of Salvation'' (novel), Ministry of Defense, 1966

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*''Tabernacle of Peace'' (novel), Am Oved, 1958; Ma`ariv, 1988 ukat Shalom*''Ma`ariv'', 1988 *''The Three that Left'' (novel), Massada, 1963 hlosha She-Azvu*''People of Beit Rimon'' (stories), Amichai, 1958; Ma`ariv 1988 nshei Bait Rimon*''The Secret of a Woman'' (stories), Am Oved, 1957 odah Shel Ishah*''The Way to the Red Rock'' (stories), The Author, 1959 a-Derech La-Sela Ha—Adom*''Upon Thy Walls, O Jerusalem'' (play), Renaissance, 1967 l Homotaich Yerushalayim*''Between Safed and Jerusalem'' (autobiography), Bialik Institute, 1972; Ma`ariv, 1992 en Tzfat L`Yerushalayim*''Soul Mate'' (novella), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1979 havat Nefesh*''The Fourth Photograph'' (novel), Yachdav, 1980; Ma`ariv, 1991 a-Photograph Ha-Revi`i*''A Guide for Confused Patriots'' (non-fiction), Hadar, 1984 oreh Derech Le-Patriotim Nevochim*''Tales of Safed, Tales of Jerusalem'' (stories), Keter, 1984 i-Sipurei Tzfat, Mi-Sipurei Yerushalayim*''A Heretic Despite Himself'' (novel), Keter, 1985 pikores Beal Korho*''Let There Be Light'' (stories), Hadar, 1985 a-Yehi Or*''Three Ways'' (novel), Keter, 1986 e-Shalosh Drachim*''The Infant from Bar`am'' (novel), Hadar, 1987 a-Yenuka Mi-Bar`am*''A Hungry Man`s Tale'' (stories), Ma`ariv, 1988 ipuro Shel Adam Raev*''On The Way Back'' (novel), Keter, 1988 a-Derech Hazarah*''The Fish and the Dove'' (novel), Ma`ariv, 1989 a-Dag Ve-Ha-Yonah*''Utopia in Blue and White'' (novel), Ma`ariv, 1990 topia Be-Kahol Lavan*''Burnt Matches'' (novel), Ma`ariv, 1991 afrurim Serufim*''Seed of Everlasting Life'' (novel), Ma`ariv, 1992 era Shel Kiama*''Parchment and Flesh'' (novel), Ma`ariv, 1993 evilim U-Besarim

Performed plays

*''Guardians of the Walls'' hel-1948*''My Husband the Minister'' amatateh-1950*''Vote For Agassi'' amatateh-1950*''It Happened in Tel Aviv'' amateteh-1951*''Saturday in Tiberias'' amatateh-1952*''Laugh Beloved Land'' amatateh-1954*''Until One Hundred and Ninety'' amatateh-1966*''Peace, Peace, But There Is No Peace'' abimah-1973

Books in translation

*''Hissda Goes Up the Mountain'', English: New York,

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, 1972 *''Soul Mate'', Italian: Florence, Giuntina, 1999; reprint forthcoming

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bar-Yosef, Yehoshua Israeli writers People from Safed 1912 births 1992 deaths Burials at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Safed