Ofir Oz is an award-winning author and an established blogger from Israel.
Recognition for his writing received from The New England Review, The Paris Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Litbreak Magazine, Short Story Project, London Independent Short Story Prize, Jewish fiction, and many more.
His Third Novel: “The Best of all Worlds” (Afik publishing house, 2020) has been received with critical praise and popular success.
His second novel: “The First Name”, (Pardes publishing house, 2013) earned him the Promising Writer’s Award from the Israel Ministry of Culture.
Ofir’s work has been published in Michigan Quarterly Review, Litbreak Magazine, Short Story Project, Jewish Fiction, nebesht.com (in Farsi), re-levant.de (in German), won 2nd place in the Short Story Project international contest, and 3rd place in the London Independent Short Story Prize.
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Praise of Ofir’s writing
“We admire ofir’s writing”
The New England Review
“We like ofir’s work and would like to read more of it.”
The Paris review Editors
“Ofir has a unique, brave voice in the new Hebrew literature.”
Dr Sigal Naor-perelman, literary critic
“Ofir has sent us one of the most exceptional, moving stories we have encountered in a long time.”
Short Story Project – www.shortstoryproject.com
“A beautiful confluence of content and form, like a fan that opens up across the entire globe and then gathers back into the here and now, as the soul shatters into pieces and is restored under the magical spell of love. The First Name is a work of art…”
Ran Ben-Nun, literary critic, on the novel “The first name.”
“And in the end… my goodness. I didn’t want to close the book. My eyes got wet, so help me God.”
Atara Ofek, editor and literary critic, on the novel “The Best of all Worlds”.
