Doron Rabinovici was born in Tel Aviv in 1961 and has lived in Vienna since 1964.
He is the recipient of many awards, including Culture Award of the City of Vienna, Clemens-Brentano Award of the City of Heidelberg, Jean-Améry-Award, “Willy und Helga Verkauf-Verlon Preis für antifaschistische Publizistik,†Dixi Children Literature Award, Austrian National Award for the Most Beautiful Austrian Books in the category Children’s books.
His latest novel, Andernorts (Elsewhere, 2010), was shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2010.