Meir Shalev
| Meir Shalev |
Meir Shalev, 2006 |
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1948
Nahalal, Israel |
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Writer |
| Citizenship |
Israeli |
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Meir Shalev (Hebrew: מאיר שלו) (born 1948 in Nahalal, Israel) is an Israeli writer. He is the son of the Jerusalemite poet Yitzchak Shalev. His cousin Zeruya Shalev is also a writer.
Biography
He began his career by presenting ironic features on television and radio. He also moderated the program Erev Shabbat ("Friday night") on Israel channel one. In 1988 his first novel was published, The Blue Mountain (Hebrew title Roman Russi [Russian novel]).
He has written non-fiction and children's books as well, and he writes a weekly column in the weekend edition of the newspaper Yediot Ahronot. In his column, Shalev comments satirically on government policy and laments the situation of the Israeli people.
Awards
- Juliet Club Prize (Italy)
- Chiavari (Italy)
- Entomological Prize (Israel)
- WIZO Prize (France, Israel, Italy)
- Bernstein Prize (original Hebrew novel category) (1989)[1]
- Brenner Prize (Israel) for 'A Pigeon and a Boy'
In 2005, he was voted the 42nd-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[2]
Selected books
Fiction
- 1988 The Blue Mountain ISBN 0060166916 (1988, originally published in Hebrew as Roman Rusi) Reprinted, 2010
- 1991 Esau ISBN 006019040X
- 1994 As a Few Days, also called The Four Meals ISBN 1841951145 and The Loves of Judith ISBN 0880016353
- 1998 His House in the Desert (or "Alone in the Desert")
- 2002 Fontanelle ISBN 3257235542
- 2006 A Pigeon and A Boy (originally published in Hebrew as Yona v'naar by Am Oved Publishers, Tel Aviv), translated by Evan Fallenberg, Random House, New York, ISBN 978-0-8052-4251-5
- 2011 About My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner ISBN 0805242872 (Memoir)
- 2011 Beginnings: Reflections on the Bible's Intriguing Firsts ISBN 0307717186 (Nonfiction)
Non-fiction
- 1985 Bible Now, a book containing interpretations of Hebrew Bible stories from his personal point of view, which first appeared in the newspaper Haaretz.
- Elements of Conjuration
- 1995 Mainly About Love
- 1998 My Jerusalem
- 2008 In the Beginning: Firsts in the Bible
Children's books
- 1982 Michael and the Monster of Jerusalem ISBN 965382001X
- 1987 Zohar's Dimples
- 1988 My Father Always Embarrasses Me
- 1990 Nehama the Louse
- 1993 How the Neanderthal Inadvertently Invented Kebab
- 1994 A flood, a snake and two arks
- 1995 The Tractor in the Sandbox
- 2000 Aunt Michal
- 2004 A lion at night
- 2004 Roni and Nomi and the Bear Yaacov
- A Louise Named Thelma
- A Lion in the Night
- 2007 Uncle Aaron and his rain
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1948 |
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Nahalal, Israel |
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