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Ruth Almog
Ruth Almog
רות אלמוג
Born	May 15, 1936 (age 88); Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine
Nationality	Israeli
Education	David Yellin Teachers College, Tel Aviv University
Occupation(s)	Novelist, Editor, Academic
Spouse	Aaron Almog
Children	2

Ruth Almog (Hebrew: 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

In 1959 she married to poet Aharon Almog and they had two daughters, Shira and Eliana.^[3]

Awards

1985 and 2000: Ze'ev Prize for children's and youth literature [he]
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^[4]

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
Ha-Masa Sheli Im Alex (My Journey with Alex), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999
Balut Ha-Pele Shel Kamila (The Magic Acorn), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999
Od Chibuk Echad (Just One More Hug), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2003

Anthologies

Six Israeli novellas. David R. Godine Publisher. 1999. ISBN 978-1-56792-091-8.

References

^ "Ruth Almog". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ "Ruth Almog Biography". www.ithl.org.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ Ruth Almog, The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women
^ "ACUM awards literary prizes to Ruth Almog, Maya Bejerano, Avirama Golan and Haim Be'er". Haaretz.

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)