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Ruth Almog
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<h2 id="life">Life</h2> <p>Almog was born 15 May 1936 in <a href="/facts/Petah_Tikva/tQaF6R8D">Petah Tikva</a>, <a href="/facts/Mandatory_Palestine/mv0NGUBy">Mandatory Palestine</a> to parents who immigrated from <a href="/facts/Hamburg/kmAAsYtT">Hamburg</a> in 1933.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> She studied at the David Yellin Teachers College, and at <a href="/facts/Tel_Aviv_University/5MVPPor0">Tel Aviv University</a>. She taught philosophy and film at Tel Aviv University. She was the deputy editor of the literary section of the mainstream daily <i><a href="/facts/Haaretz/HUMlSB2k">Haaretz</a></i> and writer-in-residence at the <a href="/facts/Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem/aEpNukpQ">Hebrew University of Jerusalem</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>In 1959 she married to poet <a href="/facts/Aharon_Almog/0GPtE8Q3">Aharon Almog</a> and they had two daughters, Shira and Eliana.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li>1985 and 2000: <a href="/facts/Ze%27ev_Prize/GVmpuXJq">Ze'ev Prize for children's and youth literature</a> [he]</li> <li>1989 <a href="/facts/Brenner_Prize/qLFK3qCG">Brenner Prize</a></li> <li>2000 Yad Vashem Prize</li> <li>2000 Andersen Honor Citation</li> <li>2001 Agnon Prize from the <a href="/facts/Jerusalem/PKJ8LT0Y">Jerusalem</a> municipality</li> <li>2004 Newman Prize from <a href="/facts/Bar_Ilan_University/8YoGjXIM">Bar Ilan University</a></li> <li>2004 German Gerty Spies Prize for Literature</li> <li>2006 <a href="/facts/Bialik_Prize/yPMnQzLd">Bialik Prize</a> for Lifetime Achievement</li> <li>1995 2007 <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister%27s_Prize_for_Hebrew_Literary_Works/DAWvkK3C">Prime Minister`s Prize</a></li> <li>2010 <a href="/facts/Society_of_Authors,_Composers_and_Music_Publishers_in_Israel/m3EIhtPJ">ACUM</a> lifetime achievement award<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="works">Works</h2> <ul><li><i>Hasdei Ha-Laila Shel Margerita (Marguereta`s Night Grace)</i> (stories), Tarmil, 1969</li> <li><i>Be-Eretz Gzerah (The Exile)</i> (novel), Am Oved, 1971</li> <li><i>Aharei Tu Bi-Shvat (After Tubishvat)</i> (stories), Tarmil, 1979</li> <li><i>Et Ha-Zar Ve-Ha- Oyev (The Stranger and the Foe)</i>, (novella), Sifriat Poalim, 1980</li> <li><i>Mavet Ba-Geshem (Death in the Rain)</i> (novel), Keter, 1982 <ul><li><i>Death in the rain: a novel</i>, Red Crane Books, 1993, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-878610-09-6</li></ul></li> <li><i>Nashim (Women)</i> (stories), Keter, 1986 <ul><li><i>De zilveren bal</i>, translators Benno Ehrlich, Annegert Fuchshuber, Ploegsma, 1994, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-90-216-1087-0</li> <li><i>La palla d'argento</i>, Translator O. D. Padoa, Mondadori, 2004, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-88-04-53385-6</li></ul></li> <li><i>Shorshei Avir (Roots of Light)</i> (novel), Keter/Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987; 2003</li> <li><i>Tikun Omanuti (Invisible Mending)</i> (novella & stories), Keter, 1993</li> <li><i>Meahev Mushlam (A Perfect Lover)</i> (novel), with Esther Ettinger, Keter, 1995 <ul><li><i>Der perfekte Liebhaber</i>, Translators Ester Etinger, Vera Loos, Goldmann, 1999, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-442-43991-1</li> <li><i>Meine Reise mit Alex </i>, Translators Vera Loos, Naomi Nir-Bleimling, Sauerländer, 2002, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-7941-4621-5</li></ul></li> <li><i>Ha-Agam Ha-Pnimi (The Inner Lake)</i>, (composition), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2000</li> <li><i>Estelina Ahuvati (Estelina My Love)</i> (novel), Ruth Almog & Esther Ettinger, Keter, 2002</li> <li><i>Kol Ha-Osher Ha-Mufraz Ha-ze (All This Overflowing Bliss)</i> (stories), Keter, 2003</li> <li><i>Be-Ahava, Natalia (Love, Natalia)</i> (novel), Keter, 2005</li> <li><i>Meil Katon (A Little Coat)</i> (novella), Kinneret/Zmora-Bitan/Dvir, 2008</li> <li><i>Zara Be-Gan Eden (Stranger in Paradise)</i> (novel), Kinneret/Zmora Bitan/Dvir, 2008</li></ul> <h3>Children's and youth titles</h3> <ul><li><i>Naphy Nasich Ha-Karnafim (Naphy)</i>, Am Oved, 1979</li> <li><i>Gilgil</i>, Massada/Modan, 1986</li> <li><i>Tzoanim Ba-Pardes (Nomads in the Orchard)</i>(youth), Massada, 1986</li> <li><i>Kadur Ha-Kesef (The Silver Ball)</i>, Am Oved, 1986</li> <li><i>Hasibor (The Wonderbird)</i>, Am Oved, 1991</li> <li><i>Rakefet, Ahavati Ha-Rishonah (Rakefet, My First Love)</i>, Keter, 1992</li> <li><i>Gilgil Rotza Kelev (Gilgil Wants a Dog)</i>, Modan, 1998</li> <li><i>Ha-Masa Sheli Im Alex (My Journey with Alex)</i>, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999</li> <li><i>Balut Ha-Pele Shel Kamila (The Magic Acorn)</i>, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999</li> <li><i>Od Chibuk Echad (Just One More Hug)</i>, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2003</li></ul> <h3>Anthologies</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mQBLymcwbdgC&q=ruth+almog"><i>Six Israeli novellas</i></a>. David R. Godine Publisher. 1999. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-56792-091-8.</li></ul> <p>4. Yael S. Feldman, No Room of Their Own: Gender and Nation in Israeli Women's Fiction (Columbia UP, 1999), chap. 8, "Beyond the Feminist Romance: Ruth Almog", 193-223. </p><p>4a. Hebrew trans. of No Room of Their Own by Michal Sapir, 2002, Hakibbutz Hameuchad: ללא חדר משלהן: מגדר ואומה בספרות נשים ישראליות, פרק 8: "מעבר לרומנס הפמיניסטי, 200-230. </p><p>5. יעל פלדמן, "לתקון את הלא-ראוי עוד לתיקון" , אחרית דבר לאוסף סיפורי רות אלמוג, תיקון אמנותי, כתר 2003 (עמ' 443-473) </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Ruth Almog". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021. <a href="http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/almog-ruth" target="_blank">http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/almog-ruth</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Ruth Almog Biography". www.ithl.org.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021. <a href="http://www.ithl.org.il/page_13347" target="_blank">http://www.ithl.org.il/page_13347</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Ruth Almog, The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women <a href="https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/almog-ruth" target="_blank">https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/almog-ruth</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"ACUM awards literary prizes to Ruth Almog, Maya Bejerano, Avirama Golan and Haim Be'er". Haaretz. <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/acum-awards-literary-prizes-to-ruth-almog-maya-bejerano-avirama-golan-and-haim-be-er-1.336115" target="_blank">http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/acum-awards-literary-prizes-to-ruth-almog-maya-bejerano-avirama-golan-and-haim-be-er-1.336115</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>