Yizhar Smilansky (1916-2006) was not only one of the most prominent Israeli writers, he was also an Israeli iconic figure: a Sabra, a commander in the “Haganah,” an officer in the War of Independence, a Knesset member, a teacher and a lecturer, and an award-winning author whose writings and opinions had provoked both those on […]
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Uri Nissan Gnessin is considered one of the greatest prose writers in Hebrew literature and among the pioneers of 20th-century modern literature. His unique writing enchanted generations of readers and his works were published in many editions. Gnessin was born in 1879 in Starodub, Russia, and already as a young yeshiva student, he established a […]
Yossi Waxman is an Israeli author, plastic artist, and designer. Waxman has published five novels and two children’s books. His sixth book, Liebchen, won the ACUM Prize and a grant from the Israel Film Fund for the development of a script based on the novel.
Ayman Sikseck is a Palestinian-Israeli writer and literary critic. His debut novel, To Jaffa, was published in 2010. He has worked as a literary critic for Haaretz newspaper. Sikseck was granted the Pardes scholarship from the National Library in Jerusalem for encouraging young writers.
Yonathan Raz Portugali is a writer and scholar of Yiddish literature at Tel Aviv University. His work is regularly published in Haaretz literary supplement and Maayan Magazine. His first book of epigrams, My Neighbour Works at Channel 10, was published in 2005.
Dorit Peleg was born in Haifa, Israel (1953), and lived for extended periods in Ethiopia, South America, Spain, China, and Nuweiba, Egypt. She studied computers, film, and history and philosophy of science and ideas. She worked (among other jobs) as a software engineer, a saleswoman at a kiosk, a melon-picker, a Chinese-style Hebrew teacher, and […]
Itamar Orlev was born in 1975 in Jerusalem. He has published short stories in prominent Israeli literary magazines, such as Moznaim, Massmerim, and Mitaam. His first novel, Bandit, won the 2015 Sapir Prize for a first novel and the 2015 Rabinowitz Foundation translation scholarship. His play, Blindness, won first prize at the 2009 Beit Lessin Theatre Open Stage festival. He […]
Tahel Frosh is a poet, writer, and social activist living in Tel Aviv. She has earned degrees in law and psychology and is currently working on a doctorate in literature. Her first collection of poems, Avarice (where the lyrical story “Richard Nixon, My Mother” appears), was published in 2014 and has received excellent responses. Her poems have appeared […]
Boaz Izraeli was born in 1960 and has published five collections of short stories. His stories are published regularly in Israeli magazines and online literary sites and have also been translated into English, Italian, and Spanish and published in different anthologies. He lives in Tel Aviv.
Bella Shaier is an Israeli writer. She lives in Tel Aviv. She used to work as a systems analyst and has a master’s degree in literature from Tel Aviv University. Her short stories have been published in many magazines in Israel and earned critical acclaim. Her first book, Children’s Mate, published in 2011, awarded her […]
Dror A. Mishani (born in 1975) is an Israeli crime writer, translator, and literary scholar, specializing in the history of detective fiction. His detective series, featuring police inspector Avraham Avraham, was first published in Hebrew in 2011 and has been translated into many languages. The first novel in the series, The Missing File, was shortlisted for the 2013 […]
Iftach Alony, born September 1955, is a writer, poet, and the head of Afik Publishing House of Israeli Literature (co-founded with Prof. Dan Miron). Alony has published two novels: Thief of Dreams (Yediot Sefarim, 2009) and Spare Parts (Afik, 2012; included in bestseller lists); two poetry collections: Let the Thorns Die (Afik, 2013) and Gravity (Afik, 2014); as well as […]
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