Gail Hareven

Writer and columnist Gail Hareven was born in Jerusalem in 1959. She studied behavioral sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Talmud and Jewish philosophy at the Shalom Hartman Institute. Hareven has written widely on politics and feminist issues; she has been a columnist for Maariv, Hadashot, the Jerusalem Report and Lady Globes; she also writes book reviews for the Hebrew press. In addition, Hareven teaches feminist theory, gives writing workshops and lectures on a variety of socio-cultural topics. In 2006, she was visiting professor at the University of Illinois.Hareven has published six novels, three collections of short stories, two non-fiction books, two children`s books and four plays, all of which have been staged. In 2002, she received the prestigious Sapir Prize for her novel, The Confessions of Noa Weber (My True Love).

Books Published in Hebrew

A Modern Legend (children), Am Oved, 1988 [Agadah Hadashah]

Hope If We Insist (non-fiction), Am Oved, 1992 [Tikvah, Im Nit`akesh]

Lunch With Mother (stories), Zmora Bitan, 1993 [Aruhat Tzohorayim Im Ima]

The True Story (novel), Zmora Bitan, 1994 [Ha-Sipur Ha-Amiti]

Muse (novel), Keter, 1995 [Muza]

This Morning I Killed a Man (stories), Keter, 1997 [Ha-Boker Haragti Ish]

The Land of the Cloth-Gobblers (children), Keter, 1997 [Eretz Zolelei Ha-Begadim]

The Road to Paradise (stories), Keter, 1998 [Ha-Derech Le-Gan Eden]

The Confessions of Noa Weber (My True Love), (novel), Keter, 2000 [Sheahava Nafshi]

Life of an Angel (novel), Keshet, 2003 [Chaiai Malach]

The Right Man (novel), Keshet, 2005 [ Ha-Ish Ha-Nachon]

Written on the Wall (non-fiction), Gail Hareven & Aliza Olmert, Yedioth Ahronoth, 2007 [Sfat Kir]

Lies, First Person (novel), Achuzat Bait, 2008 [Ha-Shkarim Ha-Achronim Shel Guf]

Books in Translation

The Confessions of Noa Weber (My True Love)
English: New Jersey, Melville, 2009

Manuscripts available (for publishers only) in English translation
A Modern Legend

Last updated: 3.1.2010