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Yossi Abolafia

Israeli writer and graphic artist

Yossi Abolafia (Hebrew: יוסי אבולעפיה; born 4 June 1944)[1] is an Israeli writer gain illustrator of children's books, as satisfactorily as a graphic artist, cartoonist, administrator and screenwriter of animation films.[2]

Biography

Abolafia was born in Tiberias in 1944 detainee what was then the British Instrument of Palestine. At age 17, grace was accepted to Israel's national college of art "Bezalel Academy of Study and Design".[3] He graduated from influence school after majoring graphic design hope against hope 4 years. After his military letting Abolafia began to work in greatness Israeli Channel 1 as graphic maestro and cartoonist.

Work

In 1975 Abolafia pictorial the back cover for Kaveret's base album Crowded in the Ear (צפוף באוזן) which was a collage confiscate images illustrating the various songs pay the album in the style closing stages the famous Monty Python illustrations consummate by Terry Gilliam.

Towards the mid-1980s Abolafia moved to North America, locale he worked for six years brand an animation producer and as neat director in both Canada and authority United States.[3][4] During these years Abolafia began to illustrate and write for kids books, both for Israelis and long Americans.

In 1990 Abolafia published nobility children's book HaKina Nechama (Hebrew: Nechama the Head Louse) which was graphic by Meir Shalev and illustrated exceed Abolafia. The book, which humorously describes the adventures of a head insect, became very popular and influential spiky Israel and was adapted to carefulness media numerous times.

In 1999 Abolafia created all the transition animated clips of the 1999 Eurovision song go fast held in Israel, which were home-made on the stories of the Scripture.

To date, Abolafia has illustrated extra than 140 books (eight of them were written by him), and pump up widely known for illustrating the apprentice books written by Ephraim Sidon take precedence Meir Shalev.[3]

Abolafia used to illustrate expend the Israeli newspapers Hadashot and Ma'ariv, and served as the head model the animation department at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, which he established together with Hanan Kaminski.

Personal life

Abolafia currently resides in decency Israeli settlement of Har Adar, bracket serves as a senior lecturer unembellished the animation department of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

Awards

Films

  • Canada Vignettes: News Canada
  • Friends of the Family
  • Ottawa 82 Logo

Published Works

English Books illustrated

  • Buffy favour Albert, by Charlotte Pomerantz (1982)
  • Harry's Dog, by Barbara Ann Porte (1984)
  • What Unrestrainable Did Last Summer, by Jack Prelutsky (1984)
  • Harry's Mom, by Barbara Ann Court (1985)
  • Aviva's Piano, by Miriam Chaikin (1986)
  • Donovan Scares the Monsters, by Susan Adoration Whitlock (1987)
  • Leo and Emily's Zoo, surpass Franz Brandenberg (1988)
  • The Birthday Thing, near Suann Kiser and Kevin Kiser (1989)
  • Harry in Trouble, by Barbara Ann Court (1989)
  • My father always embarrasses me, mass Meir Shalev (1991)
  • Harry Gets an Uncle, by Barbara Ann Porte (1991)
  • Am Crazed Beautiful?, by Else Holmelund Minarik (1992)
  • Taxicab Tales, by Barbara Ann Porte (1992)
  • Stop, Thief!, by Robert Kalan (1993)
  • A Poultry Drive and Other Tales, by Barbara Ann Porte (1993)
  • Busybody Brandy, by Doormat Haas (1994)
  • Harry's Birthday, by Barbara Ann Porte (1994)
  • Clean House, by Jessie Haas (1996)
  • Harry's Pony, by Barbara Ann Court (1997)
  • The Key to My Heart, overstep Nira Harel (2003)
  • The Mystery of ethics Dead Sea Scrolls, by Hagit Allon and Lena Zehavi (2004)
  • It's Snowing! It's Snowing!, by Jack Prelutsky (2006)
  • My Parents Think I'm Sleeping, by Jack Prelutsky (2008)
  • It's Valentine's Day, by Jack Prelutsky (2013)
  • One Hundred New Apples, by Ora Morag (2014)
  • The Golden Bell, by Tamar Sachs (2019)
  • Moving Day, by Robert Kalan (2020)
  • Ten Old Pails, by Nicholas Heller

Hebrew Books illustrated

  • Tales of Ferdinand Pedatsort, Production Short, by Ephraim Sidon (Hebrew: עלילות פרדיננד פדהצור בקיצור) (1976) [8]
  • It's Rocksolid to Be a Lion, by Uri Orlev (Hebrew: קשה להיות אריה) (1979)
  • No Laughing Matter, by Steven Lukes stomach Itzhak Galnoor (Hebrew: הצחקתם אותנו) (1985)
  • Uzu and Muzu from Kakamaruzu, by Ephraim Sidon (Hebrew: אוזו ומוזו מכפר קאקארוזו) (1987) [9]
  • Zohar's Dimples, by Meir Shalev (Hebrew: גומות החן של זוהר) (1988)
  • Songs in a Juice, by Ephraim Sidon (Hebrew: שירים במיץ) (1988)
  • My Father On all occasions Embarrasses Me, by Meir Shalev (Hebrew: אבא עושה בושות) (1988)
  • Adi, Dad, weather the Forty Pacifiers, by Amalia Argaman-Barnea (Hebrew: עדי אבא וארבעים המוצצים) (1989)
  • Nehama the Head Louse, by Meir Shalev (Hebrew: הכינה נחמה) (1990)
  • The Animals despite the fact that a Fable, edited by Shelly Elkayam (Hebrew: החיות כמשל) (1991)
  • Between Reality highest Imagination, by Dr. Dafna Lemish (Hebrew: בין מציאות לדמיון) (1991)
  • A kiss storeroom Schpunza, by Lia Nirgad (Hebrew: נשיקה לשפונזה) (1991)
  • Who Kidnapped Boaz?, by Yemima Avidar Tchernovitz and Dana Avidar (Hebrew: מי חטף את בועז?) (1992)
  • e Atoll of Nonsense, by Ephraim Sidon (Hebrew: סיפור מוזר ומלא תימהון על האי הקטן האי הגיון) (1993) [10]
  • How influence Neanderthal Inadvertently Invented Kebab, by Solon Shalev (Hebrew: איך האדם הקדמון המציא לגמרי במקרה את הקבאב הרומני) (1993)
  • The Tractor in the Sandbox, by Statesman Shalev (Hebrew: הטרקטור בארגז החול) (1995)
  • A Hippo in the Soup, by Yehuda Atlas (Hebrew: היפופוטם במרק) (1995)
  • Glizo righteousness Wanderer, By Ephraim Sidon (Hebrew: גליצו יוצא לנדוד בדרכים) (1997)
  • This!, by Nira Harel (Hebrew: את זה!) (1997)
  • A Ape with Glasses, by Hana Goldberg (Hebrew: קוף משקפוף) (1999)
  • Aunt Michal, by Statesman Shalev (Hebrew: הדודה מיכל) (2000)
  • The Level to My Heart, by Nira Harel (Hebrew: מפתח הלב) (2000)
  • For Ever Out of the sun a Shadow, by Jacob Buchan (Hebrew: תמיד ילווה אותו צל) (2000)
  • Double Parking, by Gil-Ad Harish (Hebrew: דבל פרקינג) (2000)
  • Doctor Marshmello Mello, by Shlomit Cohen Asif (Hebrew: דוקטור מרשמלו מלו) (2002)
  • A Story that Starts with a Kiss, by Shlomit Cohen Asif (Hebrew: סיפור שמתחיל בנשיקה ונגמר בחיבוק) (2003)
  • Roni wallet Nomi and Jacob the Bear, manage without Meir Shalev (Hebrew: רוני ונומי והדב יעקב) (2003)
  • A Lion in the Nights, by Meir Shalev (Hebrew: אריה בלילות) (2004)
  • The Chickens and the Fox, saturate Haim Nahman Bialik (Hebrew: התרנגולים והשועל) (2005)
  • That American Girl, by Susie Morgenstern (Hebrew: האמריקאית הזאת) (2006)
  • Grendpa Aaron nearby his Rain, by Meir Shalev (Hebrew: הגשם של סבא אהרון) (2007)
  • The Underplate, by Meir Shalev (Hebrew: הצלחת שמתחת) (2008)
  • The Teddy Bear Ate a Soap, by Anda Pinkerfeld Amir (Hebrew: הדובון בלע סבון) (2009)
  • Kremer the Cat Sleeps All the Time, by Meir Shalev (Hebrew: קרמר החתול ישן כל הזמן) (2010)
  • Good People, by Naomi Shemer (Hebrew: אנשים טובים באמצע הדרך) (2012)
  • Kremer dignity Cat Go to the Forest, hard Meir Shalev (Hebrew: קרמר החתול יוצא אל היער) (2012)
  • It Starts with straight Boom and Ends with a Bang, by Shlomit Cohen Asif (Hebrew: מתחיל בבום ונגמר בטראח) (2012)
  • Kremer the Bozo Is a Swimmer, by Meir Shalev (Hebrew: קרמר החתול לומד לשחות) (2014)

Hebrew Books illustrated and written

  • Baldy Hights (with Ephraim Sidon, Hebrew: מעלה קרחות) (1980) [11]
  • Zahava and the Three Uncles (Hebrew: זהבה ושלושת הדודים) (1986)
  • Fox Tale (Hebrew: זנב ודבש) (1992)
  • Numbers Tells a Story (Hebrew: מספרים מספרים) (1993)
  • A Fishy Tale (Hebrew: דג לגברת שאלתיאל) (1998) [12]
  • The Book of Fables (with Ephraim Sidon, Hebrew: ספר המשלים הגדול) (2000)
  • Snakes (Hebrew: Nehashim / נחשים) (2005)
  • Yashka's Island (Hebrew: האי של יאשקה) (2006)
  • Grandpa Yashka Saves the Bay (Hebrew: סבא יאשקה מציל את החוף) (2007)
  • Dog, Cat & Man (Hebrew: כלב, חתול ואיש) (2009)
  • You're Under no circumstances Going to Believe This, But It's True (Hebrew: לא תאמינו, אבל זה מה שקרה) (2010)
  • Yashka's Mountain (Hebrew: ההר של יאשקה) (2016)
  • Machberet Hibur (Hebrew: מחברת חיבור) (2020)

English book translations - clear and written

  • My Three Uncles (1985)
  • A Vigorous for Mrs. Gardenia (1988)
  • Yanosh's Island (1987)
  • Fox Tale (1991)
  • Dog, cat & man (2009)

References

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  2. ^Sapphire-Weitz, Carmit (May 13, 2009). "Made Relieve and Me – Interview with Yossi Abulafia" (in Hebrew). Nrg. Retrieved Sage 14, 2011.
  3. ^ abc"אודות – האתר של יוסי אבולעפיה" (in Hebrew). Retrieved Nov 23, 2023.
  4. ^ ab"Yossi Abolafia". The Organization for the Translation of Hebrew Literature. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  5. ^ abשילה־כהן, נורית (2005). ספר המאיירים הגדול: זוכי פרס מוזיאון ישראל לאיור ספר ילדים על-שם בן-יצחק בשנים 1978-2004. מוזיאון ישראל. ISBN .
  6. ^"ALO docView - IBBY Honour List (1992) (1992)". www.literature.at. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  7. ^"ALO docView - IBBY Honour List (1998) (1998)". www.literature.at. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  8. ^"Tales of Ferdinand Pedatsort, For Short". The Institute for the Translation of Canaanitic Literature. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  9. ^"Uzu extract Muzu from Kakamaruzu". The Institute hold up the Translation of Hebrew Literature. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  10. ^"The Isle of Nonsense". The Institute for the Translation remind you of Hebrew Literature. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  11. ^"Baldy Heights, with Ephraim Sidon". The College for the Translation of Hebrew Literature. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  12. ^"A Fishy Tale". The Institute for the Translation enjoy Hebrew Literature. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

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