Yoel Hoffmann

Yoel Hoffmann was born in Brasow, Romania in 1937. He is presently a citizen of Israel, and is Professor of Eastern Philosophy at the U. of Haifa. He has had a lifelong scholarly engagement with Hebrew literature, Western philosophy, and Japanese Buddhism. His is the winner of the first Koret Jewish Book Award. His books include The Heart is Katmandu, Bernhardt, The Christ of Fish, and Katschen & The Book of Joseph.

Yoel Hoffmann

Yoel Hoffmann was born in Brasow, Romania in 1937. He is presently a citizen of Israel, and is Professor of Eastern Philosophy at the U. of Haifa. He has had a lifelong scholarly engagement with Hebrew literature, Western philosophy, and Japanese Buddhism. His is the winner of the first Koret Jewish Book Award. His books include The Heart is Katmandu, Bernhardt, The Christ of Fish, and Katschen & The Book of Joseph.

Books by Yoel Hoffmann

  • Moods

    Yoel Hoffmann, Peter Cole

    Paperback, 2015

    Yoel Hoffmann—“Israel’s celebrated avant-garde genius” (The Forward)—supplies the magic missing link between the infinitesimal and the infinite
  • Curriculum Vitae

    Yoel Hoffmann, Peter Cole

    Paperback, 2009

    “The most interesting and experimental novelist in Israel.”—Review Of Contemporary Fiction
  • Katschen & The Book of Joseph

    Yoel Hoffmann, David Kriss, Edward A. Levenston

    Paperback, 1999

    "These two quietly stunning novellas mark the American debut of a writer of international importance."—Publishers Weekly
  • Moods

    Yoel Hoffmann, Peter Cole

    E Book, 2015

    Yoel Hoffmann—“Israel’s celebrated avant-garde genius” (The Forward)—supplies the magic missing link between the infinitesimal and the infinite