Ronit Matalon (Hebrew: רונית מטלון; May 25, 1959 – December 28, 2017) was an Israeli fiction writer.
Ronit Matalon | |
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| 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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Biography
editRonit 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.[citation needed]
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
edit- 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
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- 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
edit- "Weddings and Anti-Weddings", Haaretz, 2008[13]
References
edit- ^ 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. Macmillan. 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.