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Ruth Almog

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Ruth Almog
רות אלמוג
Born (1936-05-15) May 15, 1936 (age 88)
Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityIsraeli
EducationDavid Yellin Teachers College, Tel Aviv University
Occupation(s)Novelist, Editor, Academic
SpouseAaron Almog
Children2

Ruth Almog (Hebrew: רות אלמוג) is an Israeli novelist.

Life

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Almog was born 15 May 1936 in Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine to parents who immigrated from Hamburg in 1933.[1] 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.[2]

In 1959 she married to poet Aaron Almog and they had two daughters, Shira and Eliana.[3]

Awards

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Works

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  • Hasdei Ha-Laila Shel Margerita (Marguereta`s Night Grace) (stories), Tarmil, 1969
  • Be-Eretz Gzerah (The Exile) (novel), Am Oved, 1971
  • Aharei Tu Bi-Shvat (After Tubishvat) (stories), Tarmil, 1979
  • Et Ha-Zar Ve-Ha- Oyev (The Stranger and the Foe), (novella), Sifriat Poalim, 1980
  • Mavet Ba-Geshem (Death in the Rain) (novel), Keter, 1982
    • Death in the rain: a novel, Red Crane Books, 1993, ISBN 978-1-878610-09-6
  • Nashim (Women) (stories), Keter, 1986
  • Shorshei Avir (Roots of Light) (novel), Keter/Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987; 2003
  • Tikun Omanuti (Invisible Mending) (novella & stories), Keter, 1993
  • Meahev Mushlam (A Perfect Lover) (novel), with Esther Ettinger, Keter, 1995
    • Der perfekte Liebhaber, Translators Ester Etinger, Vera Loos, Goldmann, 1999, ISBN 978-3-442-43991-1
    • Meine Reise mit Alex , Translators Vera Loos, Naomi Nir-Bleimling, Sauerländer, 2002, ISBN 978-3-7941-4621-5
  • Ha-Agam Ha-Pnimi (The Inner Lake), (composition), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2000
  • Estelina Ahuvati (Estelina My Love) (novel), Ruth Almog & Esther Ettinger, Keter, 2002
  • Kol Ha-Osher Ha-Mufraz Ha-ze (All This Overflowing Bliss) (stories), Keter, 2003
  • Be-Ahava, Natalia (Love, Natalia) (novel), Keter, 2005
  • Meil Katon (A Little Coat) (novella), Kinneret/Zmora-Bitan/Dvir, 2008
  • Zara Be-Gan Eden (Stranger in Paradise) (novel), Kinneret/Zmora Bitan/Dvir, 2008

Children's and youth titles

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  • Naphy Nasich Ha-Karnafim (Naphy), Am Oved, 1979
  • Gilgil, Massada/Modan, 1986
  • Tzoanim Ba-Pardes (Nomads in the Orchard)(youth), Massada, 1986
  • Kadur Ha-Kesef (The Silver Ball), Am Oved, 1986
  • Hasibor (The Wonderbird), Am Oved, 1991
  • Rakefet, Ahavati Ha-Rishonah (Rakefet, My First Love), Keter, 1992
  • Gilgil Rotza Kelev (Gilgil Wants a Dog), Modan, 1998
  • Ha-Masa Sheli Im Alex (My Journey with Alex), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999
  • Balut Ha-Pele Shel Kamila (The Magic Acorn), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999
  • Od Chibuk Echad (Just One More Hug), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2003

Anthologies

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References

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  1. ^ "Ruth Almog". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Ruth Almog Biography". www.ithl.org.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ Ruth Almog, The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women
  4. ^ "ACUM awards literary prizes to Ruth Almog, Maya Bejerano, Avirama Golan and Haim Be'er". Haaretz.

4. Yael S. Feldman, No Room of Their Own: Gender and Nation in Israeli Women's Fiction (Columbia UP, 1999), chap. 8, "Beyond the Feminist Romance: Ruth Almog", 193-223.

4a. Hebrew trans. of No Room of Their Own by Michal Sapir, 2002, Hakibbutz Hameuchad: ללא חדר משלהן: מגדר ואומה בספרות נשים ישראליות, פרק 8: "מעבר לרומנס הפמיניסטי, 200-230.

5. יעל פלדמן, "לתקון את הלא-ראוי עוד לתיקון" , אחרית דבר לאוסף סיפורי רות אלמוג, תיקון אמנותי, כתר 2003 (עמ' 443-473)

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