Ruth Almog

{{Infobox person

| name = Ruth Almog

| image = Ruth Almog D941-055 (cropped).jpg

| native_name = רות אלמוג

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|15 May 1936}}

| birth_place = Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine

| nationality = Israeli

| occupation = Novelist, Editor, Academic

| spouse = Aaron Almog

| children = 2

| education = David Yellin Teachers College, Tel Aviv University

}}

Ruth Almog ({{langx|he|רות אלמוג}}) is an Israeli novelist.

Life

Almog was born 15 May 1936 in Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine to parents who immigrated from Hamburg in 1933.{{cite web |title=Ruth Almog |url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/almog-ruth |website=Jewish Women's Archive |access-date=5 January 2021 |language=en}} She studied at the David Yellin Teachers College, and at Tel Aviv University. She taught philosophy and film at Tel Aviv University.

She was the deputy editor of the literary section of the mainstream daily Haaretz and writer-in-residence at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.{{cite web |title=Ruth Almog Biography |url=http://www.ithl.org.il/page_13347 |website=www.ithl.org.il |access-date=5 January 2021}}

In 1959 she married to poet Aharon Almog and they had two daughters, Shira and Eliana.[https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/almog-ruth Ruth Almog], The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

Awards

1985 and 2000: {{ill|Ze'ev Prize|lt=Ze'ev Prize for children's and youth literature|he|פרס זאב לספרות ילדים ונוער}}
1989 Brenner Prize
2000 Yad Vashem Prize
2000 Andersen Honor Citation
2001 Agnon Prize from the Jerusalem municipality
2004 Newman Prize from Bar Ilan University
2004 German Gerty Spies Prize for Literature
2006 Bialik Prize for Lifetime Achievement
1995 2007 Prime Minister`s Prize
2010 ACUM lifetime achievement award{{Cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/acum-awards-literary-prizes-to-ruth-almog-maya-bejerano-avirama-golan-and-haim-be-er-1.336115|title=ACUM awards literary prizes to Ruth Almog, Maya Bejerano, Avirama Golan and Haim Be'er|newspaper=Haaretz }}

The book My Journey with Alex had won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the {{ill|Ze'ev Prize for children's and youth literature|he|פרס זאב לספרות ילדים ונוער}} and the Yad Vashem Prize, as well as a UNESCO commendation. It is recommended by the Ministry of Education.[https://www.kibutz-poalim.co.il/page_55304 My journey with Alex]

Works

Hasdei Ha-Laila Shel Margerita (Marguereta`s Night Grace) (stories), Tarmil, 1969
Be-Eretz Gzerah (The Exile) (novel), Am Oved, 1971
Aharei Tu Bi-Shvat (After Tubishvat) (stories), Tarmil, 1979
Et Ha-Zar Ve-Ha- Oyev (The Stranger and the Foe), (novella), Sifriat Poalim, 1980
Mavet Ba-Geshem (Death in the Rain) (novel), Keter, 1982
Death in the rain: a novel, Red Crane Books, 1993, {{ISBN|978-1-878610-09-6}}
Nashim (Women) (stories), Keter, 1986
De zilveren bal, translators Benno Ehrlich, Annegert Fuchshuber, Ploegsma, 1994, {{ISBN|978-90-216-1087-0}}
La palla d'argento, Translator O. D. Padoa, Mondadori, 2004, {{ISBN|978-88-04-53385-6}}
Shorshei Avir (Roots of Light) (novel), Keter/Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987; 2003
Tikun Omanuti (Invisible Mending) (novella & stories), Keter, 1993
Meahev Mushlam (A Perfect Lover) (novel), with Esther Ettinger, Keter, 1995
Der perfekte Liebhaber, Translators Ester Etinger, Vera Loos, Goldmann, 1999, {{ISBN|978-3-442-43991-1}}
Meine Reise mit Alex , Translators Vera Loos, Naomi Nir-Bleimling, Sauerländer, 2002, {{ISBN|978-3-7941-4621-5}}
Ha-Agam Ha-Pnimi (The Inner Lake), (composition), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2000
Estelina Ahuvati (Estelina My Love) (novel), Ruth Almog & Esther Ettinger, Keter, 2002
Kol Ha-Osher Ha-Mufraz Ha-ze (All This Overflowing Bliss) (stories), Keter, 2003
Be-Ahava, Natalia (Love, Natalia) (novel), Keter, 2005
Meil Katon (A Little Coat) (novella), Kinneret/Zmora-Bitan/Dvir, 2008
Zara Be-Gan Eden (Stranger in Paradise) (novel), Kinneret/Zmora Bitan/Dvir, 2008

=Children's and youth titles=

Naphy Nasich Ha-Karnafim (Naphy), Am Oved, 1979
Gilgil, Massada/Modan, 1986
Tzoanim Ba-Pardes (Nomads in the Orchard)(youth), Massada, 1986
Kadur Ha-Kesef (The Silver Ball), Am Oved, 1986
Hasibor (The Wonderbird), Am Oved, 1991
Rakefet, Ahavati Ha-Rishonah (Rakefet, My First Love), Keter, 1992
Gilgil Rotza Kelev (Gilgil Wants a Dog), Modan, 1998
{{lang|he|המסע שלי עם אלכס}} (Ha-Masa Sheli Im Alex, My Journey with Alex), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999
The story of wandering of Holocaust children, two brothers, Erwin and Alex. Translated in German (Meine Reise mit Alex), Serbian (Moje putovanje s Aleksom) and Chinese.[https://www.ithl.org.il/book/my-journey-with-alex/ My Journey with Alex]
Balut Ha-Pele Shel Kamila (The Magic Acorn), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999
Od Chibuk Echad (Just One More Hug), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2003

=Anthologies=

{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQBLymcwbdgC&q=ruth+almog| title=Six Israeli novellas| publisher= David R. Godine Publisher| year= 1999| isbn= 978-1-56792-091-8 }}

References

4. Yael S. Feldman, No Room of Their Own: Gender and Nation in Israeli Women's Fiction (Columbia UP, 1999), chap. 8, "Beyond the Feminist Romance: Ruth Almog", 193-223.

4a. Hebrew trans. of No Room of Their Own by Michal Sapir, 2002, Hakibbutz Hameuchad: ללא חדר משלהן: מגדר ואומה בספרות נשים ישראליות, פרק 8: "מעבר לרומנס הפמיניסטי, 200-230.

5. יעל פלדמן, "לתקון את הלא-ראוי עוד לתיקון" , אחרית דבר לאוסף סיפורי רות אלמוג, תיקון אמנותי, כתר 2003 (עמ' 443-473)

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Category:Israeli children's writers