collection of poems entitled "Daughter of Olga and Leo." They have two children, Josef (1951) and Eva (1956). Lustig died at age 84 in Prague on 26 February 2011 after suffering from Hodgkin lymphoma for five years. His most renowned books are A Prayer For Katerina Horowitzowa (published and nominated for a National Book Award in 1974), Dita Saxová (1962, trans. 1979 as Dita Saxova), Night and Hope (1957, trans. 1985), and Lovely Green Eyes (2004). Selected books Night and Hope (1957) Diamonds of the Night (1958) – contains the short story "Darkness Casts No Shadow", which was adapted into the film Diamonds of the Night (1964) Street of Lost Brothers (1959) Dita Saxová (1962) Transport from Paradise (1962) A Prayer for Kateřina Horovitzová (1964) The Bitter Smell of Almonds (1968) The Unloved: From the Diary of Perla S. (1979) Waiting for Leah (1992) The House of Returned Echoes (1994) Lovely Green Eyes: A Novel (2000) Awards 1980: National Jewish Book Award for Dita Saxová 1986: National Jewish Book Award for The Unloved: From the Dairy of Perla S. See also Transport from Paradise, a 1962 movie based on Lustig's novel Diamonds of the Night, a 1964 movie based on Lustig's short story A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova, a 1965 movie based on Lustig's novel Dita Saxová, a 1967 movie based on Lustig's novel Fighter, a 2000 documentary film about Lustig References External links Watch film about Arnost Lustig "Nine lives" at www.dafilms.com 1926 births 2011 deaths Czech male writers Jewish Czech writers Theresienstadt Ghetto survivors Auschwitz concentration camp survivors Buchenwald concentration camp survivors Czech expatriates in the United States Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) Deaths from cancer in the Czech Republic Deaths from Hodgkin lymphoma International Writing Program alumni Charles University alumni