perspective for children. His books have been translated from Hebrew into 36 languages. Among his more famous works are Run, Boy, Run, The Island on Bird Street and The Lead Soldiers. He was also a translator of Polish literature into Hebrew, such as Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Orlev appeared in the documentary film "Life is Strange" where he was interviewed about his books and his life before World War II. Orlev was twice married and had two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren. One of his sons, Itamar Orlev, is also a writer and made his debut with the novel Bandit in 2015. He died on 26 July 2022. Awards and critical acclaim The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Orlev received the writing award in 1996. The jury stated: In 1972, he received the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works. In 2006, he was awarded the Bialik Prize for literature (jointly with Ruth Almog and Raquel Chalfi). In the U.S., four books by Orlev have won the Batchelder Award in English-language translations by Hillel Halkin published by Houghton Mifflin. The annual American Library Association award recognizes the "children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States". The four American titles were The Island on Bird Street, The Man from the Other Side, The Lady with the Hat, and Run, Boy, Run, published from 1984 to 2003 by Houghton Mifflin, eventually by its Walter Lorraine Books imprint. Published works Awards 1992: National Jewish Book Award for The Man From the Other Side References External links Biography & Bibliography from the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature 1931 births 2022 deaths Israeli children's writers Israeli Jews Polish children's writers Polish emigrants to Israel Polish male writers Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent Writers from Warsaw Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing winners Warsaw Ghetto inmates Bergen-Belsen concentration camp survivors Recipients of Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works