Dorit Rabinyan

Dorit Rabinyan was born in Kfar Saba in 1972 to a Persian-Jewish family and now lives in Tel Aviv. She published her first novel at the age of 22. In addition to her two novels, Persian Brides and Our Weddings, Rabinyan has written a screenplay for Israel commercial television, Shuli`s Fiance, and a children`s book. She has been awarded the Yitzhak Vinner Prize (1996), The Jewish Wingate Quarterly Award (1999), the Prime Minister`s Prize and the Best Drama of the Year Award (1997) from the Israeli Film Academy.

Books Published in Hebrew

Persian Brides (novel), Am Oved, 1995 [Simtat Ha-Shkediot Be-Oumrijan]

Our Weddings (novel), Am Oved, 1999 [Ha-Hatunot Shelanu]

Books in Translation

Persian Brides
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassallucci, 1996
paperback: Breda, De Geus, 1998
German: Munich, Goldmann, 1998
English: Edinburgh, Canongate, 1998; in paperback: 1999, 2004; New York, George Braziller, 1998;
Greek: Athens, Livani, 1999
Spanish: Barcelona, Martinez Roca, 1999
Italian: Vicenza, Neri Pozza, 2000; in paperback: 2003
Portuguese: Alges, Difel, 2001
French: Paris, Denoel, 2002

Our Weddings
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassallucci, 2001
German: Frankfurt, Kluger, 2000
English: London, Bloomsbury, 2001; New York, Random House, 2002
Castillian: Barcelona, Lumen, 2002
Italian: Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2002
Portuguese: Alges, Difel, 2002
Spanish: Madrid, Mondadori, 2002
Swedish: Stockholm, Natur och Kultur, 2002
Hungarian: Budapest, Europa, 2004

Last updated: 10.11.2008