Dov Hoenig had a long career in film in Israel, Europe and ultimately inHollywood. He edited over fifty films including "Thief", "The Keep","Manhunter", "Last of the Mohicans" and "Heat" directed by Michael Mannand Andrew Davis' "The Fugitive" for which, along with co-editors, hereceived an Oscar nomination for best picture editing. Hoenig was born inRomania in 1932 and after WWII, one of the darkest periods in the history ofthe world and of the large Jewish community of Romania, he left his family toemigrate alone to Palestine. Rue du Triomphe was first published in Frenchand was chosen as one of the 10 best first novels by the jury of the PrixStanislas.