Ronit Matalon | |
|---|---|
| Native name | רונית מטלון |
| Born | Ronit Matalon 25 May 1959 Ganei Tikva, Israel |
| Died | 28 December 2017 (aged 58) Haifa, Israel |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Nationality | Israeli |
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Ronit Matalon (Hebrew: רונית מטלון; May 25, 1959 – December 28, 2017) was an Israeli fiction writer.
Biography
Ronit Matalon was born in Ganei Tikva, Israel, the daughter of Egyptian Jewish immigrants. Matalon studied literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and worked as a journalist for Haaretz newspaper, where she covered Gaza and the West Bank between 1987 and 1993.[1] She was a resident of Haifa and taught literature at the University of Haifa.[2] She also taught at the Camera Obscura school for the Arts in Tel Aviv.
Matalon was also a liberal social activist, and participated in demonstrations organized by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. She was a member of the Art and Culture Council of the Ministry of Education, and the Forum for Mediterranean Culture at the Van Leer Institute. In 2003, she was a co-petitioner to the Supreme Court of Israel to investigate the assassination of Salah Shehade.[3]
Awards and recognition
- 1994 – Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works
- 2009 – Bernstein Prize (original Hebrew novel category), for her novel "The Sound of Our Steps".[4][5]
- 2010 – Neuman prize, a literary prize given by Bar-Ilan University.[6]
- 2010 – Honorary Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on June 6, 2010 for her contributions to literature and for her social activism.[7][8]
- 2016 – The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture (in Hebrew literature) [9]
- 2017 – Brenner Prize for her novel, And the Bride Closed the Door (2016) [10]
Novels
- Strangers at Home (1992)
- A Story that Begins with a Snake's Funeral (1994, children's book)
- The One Facing Us (1995)
- Sarah Sarah (2000)
- Reading and Writing (2001)
- Bliss (2003) [11]
- Uncover Her Face (2005)
- The Sound of Our Steps (2008)[12]
- And the Bride Closed the Door (2016) Keter
Articles
- "Weddings and Anti-Weddings", Haaretz, 2008[13]
References
- ↑ Myers, Linda (February 19, 2004). "Israeli novelist Ronit Matalon speaks Feb. 23 on writing, Middle East". Cornell Chronicle.
- ↑ "Ronit Matalon". The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature.
- ↑ Galili, Lily (September 29, 2003). "Writers demand probe into civilian deaths during Gaza strike". Haaretz.com.
- ↑ Matalon and Stav win Bernstein Prize The Jerusalem Post, July 16, 2009.
- ↑ Forget Sapir. Give her the Bernstein, Haaretz, 16 July 2009.
- ↑ Yudelevitch, Meirav (March 14, 2010). "Neuman Prize for Literature to Ronit Matalon". Ynet (in Hebrew).
- ↑ "Hebrew U. honorary doctorate recipients". The dept. of Media Relations, Hebrew University.
- ↑ Yudelevitch, Merav (May 24, 2010). "Honorary PhD to Ronit Matalon". Ynet (in Hebrew).
- ↑ "Author Ronit Matalon, EMET Prize laureate 2016 in the Culture category, field of Hebrew Literature" (in Hebrew). The EMET Prize official website.
- ↑ Stern, Itay (December 28, 2017). "Ronit Matalon, renowned Israeli author, dies at 58 after battle with cancer". Haaretz. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ↑ Matalon, Ronit (12 August 2003). Bliss: A Novel. ISBN 0805066020.
- ↑ Laor, Yitzhak (May 2, 2008). "A beautiful bildungsroman". Haaretz.com. and Balint, Benjamin (August 13, 2015). "A Drama of Dislocation". Haaretz.com.
- ↑ "Weddings and anti-weddings - Haaretz - Israel News". Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-02.