Zeruya Shalev facts for kids
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Zeruya Shalev
(צרויה שלו) |
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Zeruya Shalev during Leipzig Book Fair 2012
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| Born | 13 May 1959 Kvutzat Kinneret, Israel |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Nationality | Israeli |
Zeruya Shalev (Hebrew: צרויה שלו, born on May 13, 1959) is a famous Israeli author. She writes many kinds of books.
About Zeruya Shalev
Zeruya Shalev was born in a place called Kibbutz Kinneret in Israel. She studied the Bible and earned a master's degree. Today, she works as an editor at a publishing house. This means she helps prepare books for printing.
She is married to Ayal Megged. He is also a writer. Her cousin, Meir Shalev, is a well-known author too. Her brother, Aner Shalev, is a mathematician. In 2004, Zeruya Shalev was injured in an event. It took her four months to get better.
Her Books and Awards
Zeruya Shalev has written many books. She has published six novels, which are long stories. She also wrote a book of poetry and two books for children.
Her novels are very popular. Some of her famous books include Love Life, Husband and Wife, Thera, The Remains of Love, and Pain. These books have been praised by critics. They are popular in Israel and in other countries too.
Her books have been translated into 27 different languages. They have also been bestsellers in several countries. This means many people bought and read them.
Zeruya Shalev has won many awards for her writing. She has received the Book Publishers' Association's Gold and Platinum Prizes. She also won the German Corine Literature Prize in 2001. The French Amphi Award is another prize she received. She won the ACUM prize three times. She received it in 1997, 2003, and 2005.
In 2012, a German newspaper called Die Welt gave her the Welt Literaturpreis. This award was for all her amazing work. The newspaper said she has a "great magical language."
Her novel Husband and Wife was nominated for the French Prix Femina étranger in 2002. It was also listed as one of the 200 Best Books of the Decade by Fnac in France.
The German newspaper Der Spiegel ranked her novel Love Life very highly. They said it was among the twenty best novels of the last forty years. It was listed alongside books by famous writers like Saul Bellow and Philip Roth. Love Life was even made into a movie in 2007. It was a German and Israeli film called Love Life.
In 2014, her novel The Remains of Love won the Prix Femina étranger. In 2019, she won the Jan Michalski Prize for her novel Pain.
See also
In Spanish: Zeruya Shalev para niños
