Meir Shalev
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Meir Shalev (Hebrew: מאיר שלו) (born 1948 in Nahalal, Israel) is an Israeli writer. He is the son of the Jerusalemite poet Yitzchak Shalev.
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[edit] Life
He began his career by presenting ironic features on television and radio. He also moderated the program Erev Shabbat ("Friday night") on Israel channel one. In 1988 his first novel was published, The Blue Mountain (Hebrew title Roman Russi/ "Russian Novel").
He has written non-fiction and children's books, as well. For many years Meir Shalev has been writing a weekly column in the weekend edition of the newspaper Yediot Ahronot. In his column, Shalev comments satirically on government policy and laments the situation of the Israeli people.
[edit] Awards
- Juliet Club Prize (Italy)
- Chiavari (Italy)
- Entomological Prize (Israel)
- WIZO Prize (France, Israel, Italy)
- Brenner Prize, Israel's highest literary recognition, for 'A Pigeon and a Boy'
[edit] Selected books
[edit] Fiction
- 1988 The Blue Mountain ISBN 0060166916
- 1991 Esau
- 1994 As a Few Days, also called The Four Meals ISBN 1841951145 and The Loves of Judith ISBN 0880016353
- 1998 His House in the Desert(or "Alone in the Desert"
- 2002 Fontanelle
- 2006 A Pigeon and A Boy, originally published in Hebrew as "Yona V'naar'by Am Oved Publishers Ltd., Tel Aviv, (translated from the Hebrew by Evan Fallenberg) published in English by Random House,Inc., New York, ISBN 978-0-8052-4251-5
[edit] Non-fiction
- 1985 Bible Now, a book containing interpretations of Hebrew Bible stories from his personal point of view, which first appeared in the newspaper Haaretz.
- Elements of Conjuration
- 1995 Mainly About Love
- 1998 My Jerusalem
[edit] Children's books
- 1982 Michael and the Monster of Jerusalem ISBN 965382001X
- 1987 Zohar's Dimples
- 1988 My Father Always Embarrasses Me
- 1990 Nehama the Louse
- 1993 How the Neanderthal Inadvertently Invented Kebab
- 1994 A flood, a snake and two arks
- 1995 The Tractor in the Sandbox
- 2000 Aunt Michal
- 2004 A lion at night
- 2004 Roni and Nomi and the Bear Yaacov
- A Louise Named Thelma
- A Lion in the Night
- 2007 Uncle Aaron and his rain
[edit] References
- Meir Shalev, capsule biography and bibliography at Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature. Retrieved February 14, 2005.
