Ofir Oz is an emerging writer from Israel.
His Third Novel: “The Best of all Worlds” was published in 2020 in “Afik” publishers house.
His second novel, “The First Name”, has been received with critical praise and popular success, and earned him the Promising Writers Award of the Israel Ministry of Culture.
Ofir’s work has been published in Michigan Quarterly Review, short story project, Jewishfiction.net, nebesht.com (in Farsi), won the 2nd place in the short story project, and 3rd place in the London Independent Short Story Prize. Click to the Full list of publications and prizes.
Praise of Ofir’s writing
“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.”