Shlomo Kalo

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Shlomo Kalo, an Israeli author and thinker who published more than 50 books. Some of his works are published in 17 countries.

He was born in 1928, in Sofia, Bulgaria. Aged 12, Kalo joined an anti-Fascist underground in Bulgaria. Aged 15, under Nazi occupation, he was imprisoned in a concentration camp in Somovit. Aged 18, he won a prize in a poetry competition and went to Prague, where he studied medicine and worked as a freelance journalist. Before immigrating to Israel, aged 21, he was sent to Olomouc to train as a pilot. In 1958 he was awarded M.Sc. in microbiology by the Tel Aviv University. For 26 years and until his retirement in 1988 he worked as the director of medical laboratories.

The sharp turn his life which occurred in the first week of 1969, is reflected, among others, in his writings.

1988 was the year when the extensive media exposure of his contemplative and spiritual lifework began. Since that time, messages and solutions to a variety of issues have been both aired by national TV and radio channels, and widely covered by the press.

More than 50 titles of his were published in Israel, some of which were translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Greek, Malayalam, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Korean, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian and Romanian. His writings include: literary fiction and nonfiction, novels, juvenile, a new genre- "The Documented Story" and discources.

Kalo's works are high quality literature that appeals to the heart of the whole spectrum of readers. His titles combine exceptional contemplative depth, unique spiritual insight and a broad penetrating artistic expression. Although the titles are surprisingly different from one another in attitude and style, they constitute a wondrous weave which has not been experienced yet by readers. They form from a variety of aspects one crystallized world view which gives a live answer to our generation's perplexities.

Some of his most known works (Hebrew):

The Dollar and the Gun (theme connected stories), Heart of Flesh (novel), The Self as Fighter (literary fiction, bordering philosophy), The Chosen (historical novel), Lili - or - As a Scarlet Thread (novel), Erral (autobiographical novel), Athar (autobiographical novel), The Trousers (parables collection), Till Death Unite them (short stories collection), Forevermore (documented stories), The Gift which did not Belie (narrative non fiction).