Meir Shalev

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Meir Shalev (2015)

Meir Shalev ( Hebrew מאיר שלו; Born  July 29, 1948 in Nahalal , Israel ) is an Israeli writer living in Jerusalem . He is the son of the Jerusalem poet Yitzchak Shalev and a cousin of the writer Zeruya Shalev .

Life

Since the end of the Six Day War , during which he was accidentally shot at from his own ranks while on patrol, Meir Shalev has been committed to the return of the occupied territories. After studying psychology , Shalev began his career with satirical broadcasts on television and radio. He presented Erev Shabbat ("Friday evening") on the first Israeli television channel .

In 1988 his first book A Russian Novel was published. In addition to novels, he also writes non-fiction books on religious subjects and children's books.

politics

For many years, Meir Shalev has written a weekly column in the weekend edition of the Jedi'ot Acharonot newspaper . There he ironically comments on Israeli government policy and laments the situation of the Israeli people. He is convinced that Israel cannot maintain “democracy at home and apartheid in the backyard”. It's for the two-nation and two-state model. Israel should give up the land it occupied in 1967 and the Palestinians would have to say goodbye to the territories lost in 1948 for good. He is not sure whether the Jewish state could survive another forty years because the subjects of education, research, welfare, and health would be neglected in favor of problems resulting from the occupation of the disputed areas .

Works

Novels

  • A Russian novel (Hebrew 1988 under the title "רומן רוסי"), Diogenes, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-257-01878-9 .
  • Esaus Kuss (Hebrew 1991 under the title "עשו"), Diogenes, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-257-22828-7 .
  • Judiths Liebe (Hebrew 1994 under the title "כימים אחדים", Ke-yāmîm aḥadîm , translated by Ruth Achlama), Diogenes, Zurich, ISBN 3-257-06171-4 .
  • In the house of the great woman , Diogenes, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-257-23326-4 (Hebrew 1998 under the title "בביתו במדבר")
  • Fontanelle (Hebrew 2002 under the title "פונטנלה"), Diogens-TB, Zurich 2006 (first edition 2004), ISBN 978-3-257-23554-8 .
  • The boy and the pigeon . Roman, Diogenes, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-257-23945-4 .
  • My Russian grandmother and her American vacuum cleaner. (Original title: Havar haya kakha , translated by Ruth Achlama), Diogenes-TB 24200, Zurich 2012 (first edition 2011), ISBN 978-3-257-24200-3 .
  • Two bears. (Original title: Schtaim Dubim , translated by Ruth Achlama ). Diogenes, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-257-06911-2 .

Non-fiction

  • The fall of man, a godsend? Old stories from the Bible retold. Translated from Hebrew by Ruth Melcer. Diogenes, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-257-06155-2 ; 5th edition as Diogenes TB 23099, Zurich 1999, ISBN 978-3-257-23099-4 .
  • It all starts: the first love, the first laugh, the first dream and other first times in the Bible , translated by Ruth Achlama, Diogenes TB 24152, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-257-24152-5 .

Children's books

  • Papa is annoying . Illustrated by Jossi Abulafja (original title: Abbâ ʿôśe bûšôt , translated by Vera Loos and Naomi Nir-Bleimling). Diogenes, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-257-00813-9 .
  • Hannah's dimples. Illustrated by Jossi Abulafja (original title: Gûmôt ha-ḥēn šel Zohar , translated by Naomi Nir-Bleimling and Vera Loos), Diogenes, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-257-00818-X .
  • Luzie, the louse . Illustrated by Jossi Abulafja (original title hak-Kinnā neḥāmā , translated by Ruth Melcer). Diogenes, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-257-00831-7 .
  • How the Neanderthal man invented the kebab. Illustrated by Jossi Abulafja (original title: Êḵ hā-ādām haq-qadmôn himṣîʾ le gamrê be-miqre et hak-kebbāb hā-rômānî , translated by Ruth Melcer), Diogenes, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-257-00840-6 .
  • The tractor in the sandpit. Illustrated by Jossi Abulafja (original title: haṭ- Ṭraqṭôr be-argoz ha-ḥôl , translated by Ruth Melcer). Diogenes, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-257-00851-1 .

Honor

In 2019 the Hebrew University of Jerusalem awarded him an honorary doctorate.

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ NZZ : Forty years of madness in the desert? June 4, 2007
  2. ^ Hebrew University awards Friede Springer an honorary doctorate. In: Israelnetz .de. June 18, 2019, accessed June 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Shalev, Meir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shalev, Me'ir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli writer and columnist
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Nahalal , Israel