John Steinbeck
an American writer. Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.
Meir Shalev was born in 1948 on Nahalal, Israel’s first moshav and is one of Israel’s most celebrated novelists.
His books have been translated into over 20 languages and have been bestsellers in Israel, Italy, Holland and Germany. Meir Shalev is also a columnist with the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot.
Awards:
Meir Shalev is the recipient of The Prime Minister’s Prize (Israel), The Chiavari (Italy), The Juliet Club Prize (Italy), The Entholomogical Prize (Israel), The Wizo Prize in France, Israel and Italy, The Brenner Prize of 2006-- the highest Israeli literary recognition awarded for his novel, A PIGEON AND A BOY.
MY RUSSIAN GRANDMOTHER AND HER AMERICAN VACUUM CLEANER (fiction) 2009
IN THE BEGINNING (Bible) 2009
A PIGEON AND A BOY (Fiction) 2006
FONTANELLE (Fiction) 2002
ALONE IN THE DESERT (Fiction) 1998
BUT A FEW DAYS (Fiction) 1994
ESAU (Fiction) 1991
RUSSIAN ROMANCE (THE BLUE MOUNTAIN) (Fiction) 1988
One of the top 5 bestsellers in Israeli publishing history
ELEMENTS OF CONJURATION (Literary Essays) 1999
MAINLY ABOUT LOVE (Literary Essays) 1995
Picture Books
KRAMER THE CAT GOES INTO THE WOODS (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 2012
KRAMER THE CAT SLEEPS ALL THE TIME (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 2010
UNDERPLATE (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 2008
A LION IN THE NIGHT (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 2004
RONI AND NOMI AND THE BEAR YAACOV (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 2003
AUNT MICHAL (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 2000
THE TRACTOR IN THE SANDBOX (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 1995
A SNAKE, A FLOOD AND TWO ARKS (ill. Emanuel Luzzati) 1994
HOW THE NEANDERTHAL DISCOVERED THE KEBAB (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 1993
A LOUSE NAMED THELMA (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 1990
MY FATHER ALWAYS EMBARRASSES ME (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 1988
ZOHAR’S DIMPLES (ill. Yossi Abulafia) 1985
an American writer. Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.
In 2009 Tove Alsterdal made a success with her debut novel...