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Friday 3rd July 2015 at 5pm – The Wizard of Oz

This is an adaptation into English of a Finnish programme by Barbo Holmberg of YLE about the Israeli writer Amos Oz based on his memoir, A Tale of Love & Darkness.

Oz’s earliest publications were a short articles in the kibbutz newsletter and the newspaper Davar. His first book Where the Jackals Howl, a collection of short stories, was published in 1965. His first novel Elsewhere, Perhaps was published in 1966.

Following this, he began to write prolifically, publishing an average of one book per year on the Labor Party press, Am Oved. He ultimately left Am Oved, despite his political affiliation, and went to Keter Publishing House and signed an exclusive contract that granted him a fixed monthly salary regardless of frequency of publication.

Oz has written 18 books in Hebrew, and about 450 articles and essays. His works have been translated into some 40 languages, including Arabic.

Besides his fiction, Oz has published political commentary and literary criticism. He wrote extensively for the Israeli Labor newspaper Davar and Yedioth Ahronoth. Translations of his essays have appeared in the New York Review of Books. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has a special archive of his work.

Produced by Lorelei Harris

First Broadcast Sunday 6th January 2008