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Omer Friedlander

Omer Friedlander is a prose writer, currently living between Israel and the United States. He studied English literature at Cambridge and creative writing at Boston University. He made his debut in 2022 with the acclaimed short story collection The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land, which is being published in Czech by PROSTOR and represents the fifth foreign edition of this book. The book won the Association of Jewish Libraries Fiction Award, was a finalist for the Wingate Prize, and was longlisted for the Story Prize. In his work, Friedlander, with a vivid imagination and subtle humor, captures contemporary Israel, its contradictions, memory, and everyday absurdity.

 Omer Friedlander

Guest program

The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land

Book World Prague 2026

10:00 - 10:50

Nakladatelství PROSTOR

Czech, English

The award-winning short story collection by Omer Friedlander captures Israel and the Middle East in their absurdity and fragility with subtle irony, empathy, and...

Sunday, 17. 5. 2026

Omer Friedlander - autogramiáda

Book World Prague 2026

11:00 - 11:50

Nakladatelství PROSTOR

Omer Friedlander podepisuje svoji povídkovou sbírku "Muž, který ve Svaté zemi prodával vzduch".

Sunday, 17. 5. 2026