Yehuda Burla

Yehuda Burla (; 18 September 1886 – 7 November 1969) was an Israeli author.

Biography Burla was born in 1886 in Jerusalem, then part of the Ottoman Empire, to a Sephardi Jewish family with rabbinical roots, originating from İzmir. As a child, he lived in the Ezrat Yisrael neighborhood near the corner of Jaffa Road and King George Street. Until the age of 18, he had a religious education, studying at yeshiva and beth midrash. After graduating from the "Ezra" teachers seminary in Jerusalem, he began working, in both a teaching and administrative capacity, in various schools affiliated to the Zionist Organization. During World War I, Burla served in the Turkish army as an interpreter, and following the war, he taught in the Hebrew school in Damascus, where he lived for five years. In 1961, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for literature.

Published works Lunah (Luna), 1926 Enchanted Homeland (Kismei Moledet), 1926 Without a Star (Bli Kochav), 1927 (translated into French, 1933) His Hated Wife (Ishto Ha-Senuah), 1928 In Darkness Striving (Neftulei Adam), 1929 (translated into Arabic, 1955, and English, 1968) Stories (Sipurim), 1929 Bat Zion (Bat Tzion), 1930 Singer (Meranenet), 1930 Na`ama (Na`amah O Ba-Nistar U-Ba-Nigleh), 1934 In Holyness or Love (Bi-Kedushah O Ahavah), 1935 The Adventures of Akaviah (Alilot Akaviah), 1939 (translated into Russian, 1980) City Tricks (Lehatei Kiriah), 1939 Adam (Adam), 1943 On the Horizon (Ba-Ofek), 1943 At Dawn (Im Shahar), 1946 Women (Nashim), 1949 Tom and Mary (Tom Ve-Mary) In the Circles of Love (Be-Ma`agalei Ahavah), 1953 The First Swallow (Ha-Snunit Ha-Rishonah), 1954 Yearning (Kisufim), 1955 The Journeys of Judah Halevi (Ele Masa`ei Yehuda Halevi), 1959 Rabbi Yehuda Halevi (Rav Yehuda Halevi), 1960 Sparkles (Reshafim), 1961 The Dignitary (Ba`al Be-Amav), 1962 Collected Works (Col Kitvei), 1962 Two Special Love Stories (Shnei Sipurei Ahavah Miyuhedet), 1964 Marching In (Le-Kol Ha-Tza'adah), 1965 In High Tide and in Low Tide (Be-Geut U-Be-Shefel), 1971 Collected Stories (Yalkut Sipurim), 1975 The Kingdom of David (Malchut David), 1978