Ami Dor-On was awarded the 2009 Yitzchak Sadeh Prize for military literature on Thursday for his book "Coah Tzvika" (Tzvika's Force), according to News One. Also cited was Giora Rom for his book "Tzivoni Arba" (Colorful 4). The two will split the 25,000-shekel prize, awarded by a panel consisting of Reserves-General Amost Gilboa, former Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh and Professor Diti Ronen.
Tzvika's Force is based on the personal story of Tzvika Gringold, a Yom Kippur War hero who will share a portion of the prize. Colorful 4 tells the story of Giora Rom's captivity by Egypt, which happened or started in 1969,