Eshkol Nevo Amichai | |
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Born | 1971 Jerusalem, Israel |
Eshkol Nevo (Hebrew: אשכול נבו, born 1971 in Jerusalem), is an Israeli writer[1] who has published a collection of short stories, two novels and a work of non-fiction. One of his novels, Homesick, was awarded the Book Publishers Association Gold Prize (2005) and the FFI-Raymond Wallier Prize at the Salon du Livre (Paris, 2008). In 2008, Eshkol was awarded membership in the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExcellence), one of the country's highest recognitions for excellence in the arts.
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Eshkol Nevo grew up in Jerusalem, Haifa, and Detroit. He is the grandson of Levi Eshkol, the late third prime minister of Israel.
He studied copywriting at the Tirza Granot School and psychology at Tel Aviv University.
He teaches creative writing and thinking at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel Aviv University, Sapir College and the Open University of Israel.
(Homesick was published in Germany: Vier Häuser und eine Sehnsucht, premium: Band 24564, Paperback, ISBN 3423245646 (3-423-24564-6)