Ruth Almog

• Name — Ruth Almog • Native Name — רות אלמוג • Born — 15 May 1936 • Birthplace — Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine • Occupation — * Novelist • Editor • Academic • Spouse — Aaron Almog • Children — 2 • Education — David Yellin Teachers College, Tel Aviv University Ruth Almog (born 15 May 1936) is an Israeli novelist.

Almog was born 15 May 1936 in Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine to parents who immigrated from Hamburg in 1933. 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. In 1959 she married poet Aharon Almog and they had two daughters, Shira and Eliana.

• 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, • Nashim (Women) (stories), Keter, 1986 • De zilveren bal, translators Benno Ehrlich, Annegert Fuchshuber, Ploegsma, 1994, • La palla d'argento, Translator O. D. Padoa, Mondadori, 2004, • 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, • Meine Reise mit Alex, Translators Vera Loos, Naomi Nir-Bleimling, Sauerländer, 2002, • 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

• 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 • 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. • Balut Ha-Pele Shel Kamila (The Magic Acorn), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999 • Od Chibuk Echad (Just One More Hug), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2003

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