My Name Is Barak

Uzzi Ben Cnaan

1979

When I try to think which game I like the most, I usually think of make-believe acting games. Even if they’re without masks, funny clothes, or old shoes with wrinkled tongues. Even if there’s no audience at all and I’m all by myself.

Ami, my friend, and I want to become actors. When you act, you can make-believe that you’re not yourself and that…

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Creator Bio

Uzzi Ben Cnaan

1954–1991

Born in Tel Aviv, Uzzi Ben Cnaan was an author, journalist, and playwright for children and young adults. His earliest works were published in the 1970s in the newspaper Mishmar ha-yeladim. Among his plays is Naḥman, on the life of poet ḥayim Naḥman Bialik. In 1980, Ben Cnaan won the Lamdan Prize.

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