Israel

GOVRIN, Michal

Birthdate: 1950
Birthplace: Tel Aviv, Israel
Education: Michal Govrin studied theater and literature at Tel Aviv University and received her PhD from the University of Paris.
Professional Career: Michal Govrin has taught theater at the Jerusalem School for Visual Theater.

Works

• The Name. New York: Riverhead Books of Penguin Putnam, 1998.

HAREVEN, Shulamith

Birthdate: 1930
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Education:
Professional Career: Shulamith Hareven served as a combat medic and journalist in the Israeli Defense Forces and was a war correspondent during the Yom Kippur War. She was the first female member of the Hebrew Language Academy. She currently works as a columnist. Hareven has lived in Jerusalem since 1940.

Works

• Thirst: The Desert Trilogy. San Francisco: Mercury House, 1996.
• The Vocabulary of Peace. San Francisco: Mercury House, 1995.
• Twilight and Other Stories. San Francisco: Mercury House, 1991.
• The Miracle Hater. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988.
• City of Many Days. New York: Doubleday, 1977.

KATZIR, Yehudit (Judith)

Birthdate: 1963
Birthplace: Haifa, Israel
Education: Yehudit Katzir studied cinema and literature at Tel Aviv University.
Professional Career: Katzir teaches creative writing at Tel Aviv University and is a reader for Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House.

Works

• Closing the Sea. Trans. Barbara Harshav. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovivh, 1992.

LIEBRECHT, Savyon

Birthdate: 1948
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Education: Savyon Liebrecht studied philosophy and literature at Tel Aviv University.
Professional Career: In addition to her novels and short stories, Liebrecht has written award-winning television scripts.

Works

• Apples from the Desert. New York: The Feminist Press, 1998.
• Selected Stories. New York: The Feminist Press, 1998.

RABINYAN, Dorit

Birthdate: 1972
Birthplace: Kfar Saba, Israel
Education:
Professional Career: Rabinyan has written two novels, one of which has been translated into English. She has also written a filmscript and book of poetry.

Works

• Persian Brides. New York: George Braziller, 1998.

RAGEN, Naomi

Birthdate: July, 1949
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York; has lived in Israel since 1971
Education: B.A. Brooklyn College; M.A. Hebrew University
Professional Career: Naomi Ragen's stories focus on the experiences of women living in Israeli society, a strongly patriarchal society where women do not have equal rights either in the secular or religious sectors of society.

Works

• The Ghost of Hannah Mendes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
• The Sacrifice of Tamar. London: Crown, 1995.
• Sotah. London: Crown, 1995.
• Jephte's Daughter. Warner, 1995.