
The author, Amos OZ is a famous Israel author who was born in Jerusalem in 1939, has published 18 books and hundreds of essays in Israeli and in international magazines and newspapers. Oz's works have been translated into 41languages in over 35 countries. He has received many honors and awards, among them the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France, the Goethe Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award, the Heinrich Heine Prize and the Israel Prize.
He writes in Hebrew and has been visiting China for times. The Same Sea is his most important work of literature. Almost of his works now, have been translated into Chinese.