Guy Hasson
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Guy Hasson is an Israel
i playwright, film maker and science fiction
writer. While he writes plays and scripts mainly in Hebrew
, his fiction is almost exclusively written in English
. He is a two-time winner of the Israeli Geffen Award
: he won it in 2003 for his story "All-of-Me(TM)" and in 2005 for his story "The Perfect Girl". Since 2006 he has focused on production of original films, including the feature-length A Stone-cold Heart.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i playwright, film maker and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
writer. While he writes plays and scripts mainly in Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
, his fiction is almost exclusively written in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. He is a two-time winner of the Israeli Geffen Award
Geffen Award
The Geffen Award is an annual literary award given by the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy since 1999, and presented at the Annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, ICon Festival...
: he won it in 2003 for his story "All-of-Me(TM)" and in 2005 for his story "The Perfect Girl". Since 2006 he has focused on production of original films, including the feature-length A Stone-cold Heart.
Books Published by Guy Hasson
- Life: The Game, published by Bitan Publishers, 2005, as "Metziut: Hamischak". A Young AdultYoung adult literatureYoung-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
novel. - Hatchling, published by Bitan Publishers, 2003, as "Hatzad Ha'afel". A short story collection.
- Hope for Utopia, 2002 e-book edition no longer available. Reprinted by Fictionwise, 2005. A short novel.
- In The Beginning..., 2001 English e-book edition no longer available, serialised in Hebrew on the Bli Panika webzine 2003 as "Hatzel Shel Elohim". A short novel.
Partial List of Plays Written/Directed by Guy Hasson
- Snookums and Huggybuns, written and directed by Guy Hasson, appeared in the ZOA.
- The Kid Who Turned Into an Egg, written by Guy Hasson, Directed by Avraham Dana, appeared in the 1996 Haifa International Festival for Children and Youth. A children's play.
- Salomon's Stories, written by Isaac Hasson, directed by Guy Hasson, appeared in Tsavta 2.
- Every Chair's Nightmare, written and directed by Guy Hasson, appeared in Focus.
- Aleph-Noon, written by Guy Hasson, appeared in The Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theater.