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Language Hebrew Published in English 2007 Originally published 2005 Adaptations Beaufort (2007) Country Israel | 4.1/5 Goodreads Publication date 2005 Media type Print Translator Evan Fallenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title Im Yesh Gan Eden (If There Is a heaven) Publisher Zmora Bitan (Hebrew); Random House (English) Genres War novel, First-person narrative Similar A Pigeon and a Boy, Someone to Run With, Memories After My Death, My Russian Grandmot, The Blue Mountain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beaufort (English translation of אם יש גן עדן; in Hebrew: If There's a Heaven) is the first novel by Israeli author and media professional Ron Leshem. The work was initially published in 2005 and in English translation under this title in 2007. The novel was the basis for the 2007 Academy Award-nominated film Beaufort.
Beaufort is about an Israel Defense Forces unit stationed at the Beaufort Castle, Lebanon post in Southern Lebanon during the South Lebanon conflict. It takes the form of a narrative written by the unit's commander, Liraz Librati, who was the last commander of the Beaufort castle before the Israeli withdrawal in 2000.
The Hebrew original of Beaufort won Israel's 2006 Sapir Prize for Literature and the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize for Military Literature.