2019 Geffen Awards Winners
Winners for the 2019 Geffen Awards for best science fiction and fantasy published in Hebrew have been announced by the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Best Translated Science Fiction Book
- WINNER: Artemis, Andy Weir (Armchair)
- The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- Provenance, Ann Leckie (Sial)
- Nexus, Ramez Naam (Yaniv)
- A Man Lies Dreaming, Lavie Tidhar (Modan)
Best Translated Fantasy Book
- WINNER: The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson (Opus)
- Assassin’s Fate, Robin Hobb (Opus)
- Odin’s Child, Siri Pettersen (Sial)
- Goblin Market, Christina Rossetti (Utz)
- Bone Gap, Laura Ruby (Utz)
Best Translated YA Book
- WINNER: The Ship of the Dead, Rick Riordan (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- A Tale of Time City, Diana Wynne Jones (Utz)
- Cress, Marissa Meyer (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- The Evil Wizard Smallbone, Delia Sherman (Utz)
Best Original Hebrew Book
- WINNER: Heart of the Circle, Keren Landsman (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- Efrat Damascus Efrat, Ithiel Arnon (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- Curse of the Angels: The Voice of a Living Dead Man, Dana Pines (Ophir)
- Red, Yishai Ron (Graff)
- Three Days in September, Ron Yaniv (Yaniv)
Best Original Hebrew Short Story
- WINNER: “My Last Dragon”, Rotem Baruchin (2018)
- “Mount Scopus”, Lily Dai (2018)
- “The Rise of Israman”, Nimrod Eisenberg (2018)
- “Today I’m the Day Before”, Rika Graziani-Teichholz (2018)
- “The Persistence of Reflection”, Keren Landsman (2018)
Winners were announced October 17, 2019 during Icon 2019, held at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque in Tel Aviv, Israel.
For more information, see the Geffen Award website.
[Thanks to Rani Graff and Gili Bar Hillel for translations. “My Last Dragon” was previously reported as “Dragon Bound”.]
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