Avner Mandelman | |
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Occupation | writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 2000s-present |
Notable works | The Debba |
Notable awards | Sophie Brody Award (2006) |
Avner Mandelman is an Israeli- Canadian businessman and writer. His debut novel The Debba, published in 2010, won the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, [1] and was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize. [2]
A former hedge fund manager in Toronto, Ontario, [3] Mandelman has also published two short story collections and the investment guide The Sleuth Investor. [3] His short story collection Talking to the Enemy won the first Sophie Brody Award for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature from the American Library Association in 2006. [4] Talking to the Enemy, containing stories featured in The Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize Stories, was recognized as a Best Book of 2005 by Kirkus Reviews and won the J. I. Segal Award for Fiction in 2000.
Avner Mandelman | |
---|---|
Occupation | writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 2000s-present |
Notable works | The Debba |
Notable awards | Sophie Brody Award (2006) |
Avner Mandelman is an Israeli- Canadian businessman and writer. His debut novel The Debba, published in 2010, won the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, [1] and was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize. [2]
A former hedge fund manager in Toronto, Ontario, [3] Mandelman has also published two short story collections and the investment guide The Sleuth Investor. [3] His short story collection Talking to the Enemy won the first Sophie Brody Award for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature from the American Library Association in 2006. [4] Talking to the Enemy, containing stories featured in The Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize Stories, was recognized as a Best Book of 2005 by Kirkus Reviews and won the J. I. Segal Award for Fiction in 2000.