Ofra Ofer Oren is the grand winner of the Lottery's Sapir Prize for Literature for the year 2023 for her book "What Happened to Immigrate in Eilat" She beat the other four candidates - "Biotope" by Orli Castel-Bloom, "Ho-Mama" by Tami Bezaleli, "Haim" by Gil Haravan and "Teeth Marks" by Hanoch Marmari. The ceremony was hosted this year in Ofakim out of sympathy with the residents of the south.
The five candidates who qualified for the short list will win 60,000 shekels each one.