Yitzhak Gormezano Goren; Yardenne Greenspan

Yitzhak Gormezano Goren is an Israeli writer, playwright, and theater director born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1941, known for his 1978 novel Alexandrian Summer, which was translated into English by Yardenne Greenspan. He co-founded the Kedem Stage Theater in Tel Aviv in 1982 and has received multiple prestigious awards including the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works and the Israeli Ministry of Culture's Prize for lifetime achievement in Hebrew literature.