Naomi Gal
{{short description|Israeli writer}}
Naomi Gal ({{Langx|he|נעמי גל}}; born Jerusalem, 1944) is an Israeli writer. Her novel {{Lang|he|Roman romanti}} ({{Lang|he|רומן רומנטי}}) (Tel Aviv 1993, in 2011 rewritten in English as Soap Opera), in its original Hebrew version won the Jerusalem Prize for Literature in 1994.{{Cite web |title=רומן רומנטי / Roman romanṭi |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/roman-romanti/oclc/28372626 |website=search.worldcat.org}} In 1999 Ariel, an English-language Israeli literary magazine, counted Gal with Haim Be'er and Dan Tsalka "in the forefront of Israeli writers today".Ariel 109-113 Israel. Miśrad ha-ḥuts - 1999 "FROM THE EDITOR In this edition of Amer we have chosen to highlight the work of four Israeli authors who may be considered — each in his or her own way — to be in the forefront of Israeli writers today Haim Be'er, Naomi Gal and Dan Tsalka..." Gal worked in Israeli television and the newspapers Ma'Ariv and Yediot Ahronot for nearly two decades as a film critic and food writer before writing novels and children's books. She currently is a professor at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.http://www.moravian.edu [http://www.moravian.edu/default.aspx?pageid=4978 Jan 30 2012 - Naomi Gal's Novel "Soap Opera" is her 17th Book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114050738/https://www.moravian.edu/ |date=2019-01-14 }} She has also been classed as a feminist writer.Which Lilith?: feminist writers re-create the world's first woman Enid Dame, Lilly Rivlin, Henny Wenkart - 1998 "Naomi Gal, a veteran Israeli writer, worked in Israeli television and the newspapers Ma'Ariv and Yediot Ahronot. Author of eight books, her novel Soap Opera won the Jerusalem prize and was on Israel's best seller list."
Works
Hebrew:
- "There's a thinness" ("{{Lang|he|אין דבר העומד בפני הרזון}}")
- "Roman romanti" ("{{Lang|he|רומן רומנטי}}")
- "Story of Ruth and Jerry" ("{{Lang|he|הרומן של רות וג'רי}}")
- "Lilith" ("{{Lang|he|לילית}}")
- "Anti-Roman", ("{{Lang|he|אנטי-רומן}}")
English:
- Daphne's Seasons
- Soap Opera
References
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Category:Writers from Jerusalem
Category:Moravian University faculty
Category:Israeli women film critics
Category:Israeli television people
Category:Maariv (newspaper) people
Category:Yedioth Ahronoth people
Category:Jerusalem Prize recipients
Category:Israeli children's writers
Category:Israeli women children's writers
Category:Israeli women novelists
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