Ilan Sheinfeld

Ilan Sheinfeld was born in Israel in 1960. He has an MA in Hebrew and English literature from Tel Aviv University, where he teaches and is working towards his Ph.D. in Gay Studies. Sheinfeld has worked as a newspaper editor, literary critic and has written on cultural topics. He was also the founding editor of an Israeli journal on literature and theory, led various writing workshops and was spokesman for the Cameri Theater. He now owns a public relations office and a publishing house specializing in gay literature. Sheinfeld was awarded the Liv-Goldenberg Foundation Award in 2001.


photo © Adi Ness

Books Published in Hebrew
Poetry
Enchanted Lizard, Martef 29/Eked, 1981 [Leta`ah Mechushefet]
Making Love with the Tongue, Dvir, 1984 [Osim Ahavah Ba-Lashon]
Lines to a Friend in Parting, Aleph, 1987 [Turim Le-Rea Bi-Fredah]
It Begins With Love, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1989 [Ve-Reshito Ahavah]
Temporary, Tamuz/Writers Association, 1992 [Ara`i]
Taschlich, Tag, 1994 [Tashlich]
Karet, Shufra, 1997 [Keret]
The Tourist Guide, Shufra, 2003 [Ha-Madrich Le-Taiar]

Fiction
Shedletse (novel), Shufra, 1999 [Shedletse]
Only You (novel), Shufra, 2000 [Rak Ata]
A Tale of a Ring (novel), Keter, 2007 [Maase Be-Tabaat]

Children
From the Heart of Tel Aviv, Dvir, 1984 [Min Ha-Lev Shel Tel Aviv]
Peace, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1989 [Shalom]
Margolis` Strange Book, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1991 [Ha-Sefer Ha-Meshuneh Shel Margolis]
There is no Such Bird, Kortsipa, Shufra, 1999 [Eyn Tsipor Kazu, Kortsipa]
A Kingdom Named Collision, Shufra, 2007 [Mamlacha U-Shma Kolisia]

Books in Translation
Individual poems have been published in: English, French, German, Polish, and Vietnamese.

A Tale of a Ring
Manuscripts available in English and Spanish translation (for publishers only)

Last updated: 30.08.2010


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