David Schütz


David Schütz was an Israeli fiction writer.

Biography

David Schütz was born in Berlin and immigrated to Israel at the age of seven.
He had a master's degree in History from The Hebrew University, and has also studied cinema at the BFI.
His first book "The Grass and the Sand" was published in 1978. The book was translated into French and into German.
He died on 16 July 2017 after a long liness and was survived by 3 daughters.
Schütz published 9 books.

Awards

Schütz received a number of literary prizes, including:
David Schutz' experiences as a child and adolescent are central to his writing. His characters struggle with the aftermath of catastrophe of the Holocaust, suffering its consequences in their day-to-day existence, often from the standpoint of a child. Schutz balances the more metaphysical elements of his writing with a solid grounding in time and place.

Published books


העשב והחול, תל-אביב : ספרית פועלים, תשל"ח 1978.
ההזדמנות האחרונה, תל אביב : ספרית פועלים, תש"מ 1980.
עד עולם אחכה, תל אביב : זמורה-ביתן, תשמ"ז 1987.
שושן לבן, שושן אדום, תל-אביב : הקיבוץ המאוחד, 1988.
אבישג, תל-אביב : עם עובד, תש"ן 1989.
אבישג, ירושלים : כתר, 1990.
יומן הזהב, ירושלים : דומינו, 1991.
העשב והחול, ירושלים : כתר, 1992.
שבע נשים, ירושלים : כתר, 1995.
כמו נחל, תל אביב : ידיעות אחרונות : ספרי חמד, 1997.