A. B. Yehoshua was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize2005
A. B. Yehoshua is one of Israel's pre-eminent novelists. He has been awarded the prestigious Israel Prize for his lifetime's creative contribution to Israel, the National Jewish Book Award in the US, the Jewish Quarterly- Wingate Prize in the UK and was shortlisted in 2005 for the first Man Booker International Prize.