S. K. Azoulay
| Shay K. Azoulay | |
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| Born |
December 24, 1979 Tel Aviv |
| Occupation | novelist, playwright, translator |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Period | 2000–present |
| Genre | Literary Fiction |
| Website | |
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skazoulay | |
Shay K. Azoulay (Hebrew: שי אזולאי) is an Israeli writer who writes in English and Hebrew.
Plays
Azoulay's debut play, "The Platoon", a satire about the IDF, won first place in the 2012 staged reading festival "Zav Kriah".[1] The play was staged in Tel Aviv's Tzavtah Theater in 2014-2015 and received good reviews in the press, including a review by prominent theater critic Michael Handelzalts, who compared it to the work of Hanoch Levin.[2] The play also stirred controversy, following an article which mistakenly claimed that the play depicts IDF soldiers raping Palestinian women. A member of the Tel Aviv municipal council sent a letter to the theater, demanding that they stop the staging of the play.[3] Azoulay's one-act play "Shade" also participated in the Tzavtah Theater's 2012 Short play Festival.
Short stories
Azoulay is currently at work on a series of short stories entitled "Minor Writers of the Entropic Age". These stories include "The Invention of H. P. Lovecraft", published in Flapperhouse Magazine, and "Permaculture", which won second prize in the 2016 Zoetrope: All-Story short fiction contest.[4] Also included in this series is "Jacob Wallenstein, Notes for a Future Biography", a work of fiction regarding a "forgotten" Israeli science fiction novelist and his 1,000 page magnum opus. In 2013 Azoulay submitted this story to Tablet magazine, claiming that it was a true account of the nonexistent writer's life and work. An editor at the magazine was initially excited by the story, but eventually discovered that it was a hoax, though he decided to publish the story anyway, together with a forward explaining his discovery of the hoax.[5]
Translations
Azoulay also works as a Hebrew to English translator, translating non-fiction,[6] children's literature, and plays, including works by playwright Hanoch Levin.[7]
References
- ↑ IDF Satire wins first prize - Ynet, 1 April 2012 (in Hebrew)
- ↑ "The Platoon" - Princes of the Washtub - Haaretz, 18 January 2015 (in Hebrew)
- ↑ Senior Tel Aviv Council Member: Tzavtah is Demeaning the IDF - Ynet, 6 January 2015 (in Hebrew)
- ↑ Twentieth Annual Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest - List of winners, Zoetrope: All-Story
- ↑ Jacob Wallenstein Is the Greatest Science-Fiction Writer to Never Have Lived - Tablet Magazine, 16 October 2013
- ↑ Yom Kippur War: Syrians at the Border by Danny Asher
- ↑ Job and Jesus Combine to Overcome - New York Times review of 2006 production of Hanoch Levin's Job's Passion translated by Azoulay
External links
- Official website
- Shay Azoulay on the Israeli Dramatists Website.
- Shay K. Azoulay on Goodreads.
- Shay Azoulay on The Short Story Project.
Works available online
- Jacob Wallenstein, Notes for a Future Biography - short story on The Short Story Project website, 2017.
- Welcome to Europe - Short story in The Molotov Cocktail flash fiction magazine, 2017.
- The Invention of H. P. Lovecraft - Short story in Flapperhouse magazine, 2016.
- Required Reading Essay Questions - Satirical essay on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, 2015.
- Strunklemiss - Parody of Jabberwocky on Smyles & Fish, 2007.