Alona Kimchi

Alona Kimchi (also Alona Kimhi , Hebrew אלונה קמחי) (*  1966 in Lwiw (Lemberg), Ukrainian SSR , today Ukraine ) is a writer living and working in Israel . In 1972 her family emigrated with her to Israel. Alona Kimchi currently lives  ^{(as of 2007)} in Tel Aviv .

Live and act

Before working as a writer, Alona Kimchi worked as an actress. Today she publishes short stories and novels. She was awarded the Bernstein Prize for her debut novel “Die Weinende Susannah” (original edition 1999, German edition 2002) . In addition, a collection of stories “Ich, Anastasia” (2005) and the melodrama “Lilly, the Tigerin” (2006, Hebrew original edition 2004) have been published in German.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz wrote of the author: “Alona Kimchi is a remarkable writer. She guides the reader with a sure hand ”. Haaretz continues: "She describes the relationship between the sexes with an ironic look and combines the tradition of literary self-exploration with a cheerful, grotesque fantasy."

In 2014, Alona Kimchi hit the headlines with a private Facebook post demanding the murder of Tuvia Tenenbom . In a later testimony, she stated that she only said this in jest.

Works

• 1999: The Weeping Susannah (German 2002, translation: Ruth Melcer)
• 2004: Lilly, the tigress (German 2006, translation: Ruth Melcer)
• 2005: Me, Anastasia

Web links

• Literature by and about Alona Kimchi in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/steven-plaut/israeli-leftist-demands-journalist-be-murdered-for-mocking-the-left/
3. ↑ http://www.haaretz.co.il/.premium-1.2430025