Ruth Almog
Ruth Almog is an Israeli novelist.
Life
Almog was born 15 May 1936 in Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine to parents who immigrated from Hamburg in 1933. She studied at the David Yellin Teachers College, and at Tel Aviv University. She taught philosophy and film at Tel Aviv University.She was the deputy editor of the literary section of the mainstream daily Haaretz and writer-in-residence at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In 1959 she married poet Aharon Almog and they had two daughters, Shira and Eliana.
Awards
- 1985 and 2000:
- 1989 Brenner Prize
- 2000 Yad Vashem Prize
- 2000 Andersen Honor Citation
- 2001 Agnon Prize from the Jerusalem municipality
- 2004 Newman Prize from Bar Ilan University
- 2004 German Gerty Spies Prize for Literature
- 2006 Bialik Prize for Lifetime Achievement
- 1995 2007 Prime Minister's Prize
- 2010 ACUM lifetime achievement award
Works
- Hasdei Ha-Laila Shel Margerita , Tarmil, 1969
- Be-Eretz Gzerah , Am Oved, 1971
- Aharei Tu Bi-Shvat , Tarmil, 1979
- Et Ha-Zar Ve-Ha- Oyev ,, Sifriat Poalim, 1980
- Mavet Ba-Geshem , Keter, 1982
- *Death in the rain: a novel, Red Crane Books, 1993,
- Nashim , Keter, 1986
- *De zilveren bal, translators Benno Ehrlich, Annegert Fuchshuber, Ploegsma, 1994,
- *La palla d'argento, Translator O. D. Padoa, Mondadori, 2004,
- Shorshei Avir , Keter/Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987; 2003
- Tikun Omanuti , Keter, 1993
- Meahev Mushlam , with Esther Ettinger, Keter, 1995
- *Der perfekte Liebhaber, Translators Ester Etinger, Vera Loos, Goldmann, 1999,
- *Meine Reise mit Alex , Translators Vera Loos, Naomi Nir-Bleimling, Sauerländer, 2002,
- Ha-Agam Ha-Pnimi ,, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2000
- Estelina Ahuvati , Ruth Almog & Esther Ettinger, Keter, 2002
- Kol Ha-Osher Ha-Mufraz Ha-ze , Keter, 2003
- Be-Ahava, Natalia , Keter, 2005
- Meil Katon , Kinneret/Zmora-Bitan/Dvir, 2008
- Zara Be-Gan Eden , Kinneret/Zmora Bitan/Dvir, 2008
Children's and youth titles
- Naphy Nasich Ha-Karnafim , Am Oved, 1979
- Gilgil, Massada/Modan, 1986
- Tzoanim Ba-Pardes , Massada, 1986
- Kadur Ha-Kesef , Am Oved, 1986
- Hasibor , Am Oved, 1991
- Rakefet, Ahavati Ha-Rishonah , Keter, 1992
- Gilgil Rotza Kelev , Modan, 1998
- המסע שלי עם אלכס, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999
- *The story of wandering of Holocaust children, two brothers, Erwin and Alex. Translated in German, Serbian and Chinese.
- Balut Ha-Pele Shel Kamila , Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999
- Od Chibuk Echad , Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2003
Anthologies