Ruth Almog

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Ruth Almog, 2006

Ruth Almog ( Hebrew רות אלמוג) (born May 15, 1936 in Petach Tikwa , Palestine (League of Nations mandate) ) is an Israeli writer .

Life

Ruth Lump was the child of the doctors Jacob Lump (1900–1950) and his wife Miriam Gewürtz (1908–1994), who had to flee Nazi Germany in 1933. The two were not allowed to work in their job and had great problems settling in their new surroundings and learning the Hebrew language . Ruth grew up among the " Jeckes " in German and learned Ivrit in school.

She studied Pedagogy at the David Yellin Teachers' College and Literature and Philosophy at Tel Aviv University and did military service. She worked as a teacher and university lecturer in Tel Aviv and was editor of the literary supplement of the Ha'aretz newspaper , which also published her first stories. In 1967 she published her first volume Tales. She writes novels and short stories, including detective novels and children's books.

She has received numerous awards, such as the Brenner Prize , the Bialik Prize and, in Germany, the Gerty Spies Literature Prize in 2004 . Since 1995 she has shaped the German-Israeli-Palestinian authors' meeting organized by the State Center for Civic Education Rhineland-Palatinate .

She has been married to the writer Aharon Almog since 1959 , they have two daughters and live in Tel Aviv.

Works in German translation

  • The blue woman: stories . From the Heb. by Mirjam Pressler . Rauhreif-Verlag, Villingen 1992. The stories come from the volumes Aharei Tu B'Shvat , 1979, and Nashim , 1986.
  • The silver ball . German by Mirjam Pressler . Ill. By Annegert Fuchshuber . Verl. St. Gabriel, Vienna 1993
  • The perfect lover: Roman . From the Heb. by Vera Loos and Naomi Nir-Bleimling. Goldmann, Munich 1999
  • A paper angel: a story . From the Heb. by Mirjam Pressler . Gerlingen, 2000
  • My trip with Alex . From the Heb. by Vera Loos and Naomi Nir-Bleimling. Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2002

literature

  • Gerda Wurzenberger: On the threshold of the historical novel: or does the story of childhood at war have to be autobiographical? In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , January 29, 2003, p. 55

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Yael Feldman: Ruth Almog , at Jewish Women's Archive (JWA)
  2. ↑ a b c Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer: Ruth Almog . In: Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (ed.): Jewish children's literature: history, traditions, perspectives. Exhibition catalog . Wiesbaden 2005, p. 14 f.
personal data
SURNAME Almog, Ruth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES רות אלמוג (lang-he)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Petach Tikwa , Palestine (League of Nations Mandate)