Life

Almog was born 15 May 1936 in Petah Tikva

Petah Tikva

Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the city's population stood at 209,600. The population density is approximately...

, Israel

Israel

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 to parents who immigrated from Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 in 1933. She studied at David Yellin Teachers College, and at Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

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. She taught philosophy and film at Tel Aviv University.
She was the deputy editor of the literary section of the Haaretz

Haaretz

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 newspaper, and writer-in-residence at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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She is married to poet Aaron Almog; they have two daughters.

Awards

• 1985, 2000 Ze`ev Prize
• 1989 Brenner Prize
  Brenner Prize
  The Brenner Prize is an Israeli literary prize awarded annually by the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel and the Haft Family Foundation.It was founded in the name of the author Yosef Haim Brenner and was first awarded in 1945....
  
  
• 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
  Bialik Prize
  The Bialik Prize is an annual literary award given by the municipality of Tel Aviv, Israel for significant accomplishments in Hebrew literature. The prize is named in memory of Hayyim Nahman Bialik. There are two separate prizes, one specifically for "Literature", which is in the field of fiction,...
  
  for Lifetime Achievement
• 1995, 2007 Prime Minister`s Prize
• 2010 ACUM lifetime achievement

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
• Naphy Nasich Ha-Karnafim (Naphy) (children), Am Oved, 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 9781878610096
• Gilgil (children), Massada/Modan, 1986
• Tzoanim Ba-Pardes (Nomads in the Orchard) (youth), Massada, 1986
• Nashim (Women) (stories), Keter, 1986
• Kadur Ha-Kesef (The Silver Ball) (children), Am Oved, 1986
  • De zilveren bal, translators Benno Ehrlich, Annegert Fuchshuber, Ploegsma, 1994, ISBN 9789021610870
  • La palla d'argento, Translator O. D. Padoa, Mondadori, 2004, ISBN 9788804533856
• Shorshei Avir (Roots of Light) (novel), Keter/Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987; 2003
• Hasibor (The Wonderbird) (children), Am Oved, 1991
• Rakefet, Ahavati Ha-Rishonah (Rakefet, My First Love) (children), Keter, 1992
• 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 9783442439911
• Gilgil Rotza Kelev (Gilgil Wants a Dog) (children), Modan, 1998
• Ha-Masa Sheli Im Alex (My Journey with Alex) (children), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999
  • Meine Reise mit Alex , Translators Vera Loos, Naomi Nir-Bleimling, Sauerländer, 2002, ISBN 9783794146215
• Balut Ha-Pele Shel Kamila (The Magic Acorn) (children), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999
• 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
• Od Chibuk Echad (Just One More Hug) (children), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 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

External links

• "Ruth Almog on Her Life as a Writer", ITHL, October, 1999