Meir Shalev

Leading author Meir Shalev was born in 1948 in Nahalal, Israel`s first moshav , where he also grew up. He later moved to Jerusalem, where he lives today. After studying psychology at the Hebrew University, Shalev became well-known as the producer and moderator of radio and TV programs. He is also a regular columnist in the Israeli press, in particular for Yedioth Ahronoth. His novels have been bestsellers abroad as well as in Israel; he has also written two non-fiction books and five books for children. Shalev has been awarded the Bernstein Prize (1989), the Juliet Club Prize (Italy, 1999), the Wizo Prize in France, Israel and Italy, the Brenner Prize (2006) and the American National Jewish Book Award for The Pigeon and the Boy (2007). His work has been published abroad in over 20 languages.

Books Published in Hebrew

Haim and the Monster of Jerusalem (children), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/The Jerusalem Museum/Jerusalem Fund, 1982; 1989; 2003 [Ha-Yeled Hayim Ve Ha-Mifletzet Mi-Yrushalayim]

Mishkav Letzim (humor), Dalia Peled, 1982

Bible Now (articles), Schocken, 1985 [Tanach Achshav]

Zohar`s Dimples (children), Keter, 1987 [Gumot Ha-Hen Shel Zohar]

My Father Always Embarrasses Me (children), Keter, 1988 [Aba Oseh Bushot]

The Blue Mountain (novel), Am Oved, 1988 [Roman Russi]

Nehama the Louse (children), Am Oved, 1990 [Ha-Kinah Nechama]

Esau (novel), Am Oved, 1991[Esav]

How the Neanderthal Inadvertedly Invented Kebab (children), Am Oved, 1993 [Eich Ha-Adam Ha-Kadmon Himtzi Legamrei Be-Mikre Et Ha-Kabab Ha-Romani]

As a Few Days (novel), Am Oved, 1994 [Ke-Yamim Ahadim]

Mainly About Love, Am Oved, 1995 [Be-Ikar Al Ahavah]

His House in the Desert, Am Oved, 1998 [Be-Beyito Ba-Midbar]

The Tractor in the Sandbox, Am Oved, [Ha-Tractor Be-Argaz Ha-Hol]

Fontanelle (novel), Am Oved, 2002 [Fontanella]

A Pigeon and a Boy (novel), Am Oved, 2006 [Yona Ve-Naar]

In the Beginning: Firsts in the Bible, Am oved, 2008 [Reshit: Peamim Rishonot Ba-Mikra]

My Russian Granmother and her American Vacuum Cleaner (novel), Am- Oved, 2009 [Ha- Davar Haya Kaha]

Books in Translation

My Father Always Embarrases Me
English: Chicago, Wellington, 1991
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1994
Japanese: Tokyo, Aslan Shobo, 1992
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassalulucci, 2001

The Blue Mountain
Danish: Copenhagen, Forum, 1992
Dutch: The Hague, BZZToH, 1990
Amsterdam, Arena, 1996; in paperback: Amsterdam, Rainbow, 1998
English: New York, Harper Collins, 1991; 2001
Edinburgh, Canongate, 1999
French: Paris, Albin Michel, 1990; Paris, LFG, 1996
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1991
Italian: Milan, Rizzoli, 1990; Milan, Frassinelli, 2002
Polish: Warsaw, Sic!, 1993
Swedish: Stockholm, Norstedts, 1992
Portuguese: Alges, Difel, 2002
Chinese: Shanghai, Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2006
Russian: Moscow, Text, 2006

Esau
Dutch: Amsterdam, Arena, 1992/98
Amsterdam, Rainbow, 1994
French: Paris, Albin Michel, 1993
English: New York, Harper Collins, 1993
Edinburgh, Canongate, forthcoming
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1994 / Paperback: 1995
Portuguese: Alges, Difel, 2000
Italian: Milan, Frassinelli, 2000; 2004
Russian: Sankt Peterburg, Retro, 2002; Text, Moscow, 2007

Bible Now
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassallucci, 1995
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1997 / Paperback: 1999
Italian: Milano, Frassinelli, 2001
Russian: Moscow, Text, 2008
French: Paris, Ed. de Deux Terres, 2008

As a Few Days
Dutch: Amsterdam, Arena, 1994 / Paperback: Amsterdam, Arena, 1996 / Paperback: Amsterdam, Rainbow, 1997
English: New York, Ecco, 1999; Edinburgh, Cannongate, 2000
French: Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1996; Paris, Seuil, 2004
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1995 / Paperback:1998
Norwegian: Oslo, Aschehoug, 1998
Greek: Athens, Kedros, 2000
Italian: Milan, Frassinelli, 1999; in paperback, 2006
Portuguese: Lisbon, Difel, 1999
Spanish: Barcelona, Salamandra, 2002
Turkish: Istanbul, Iletisim Yayincilik, 2003
Russian: Moscow, Inostranka, 2007

Fontanelle
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassallucci, 2003
Italian: Milan, Frassinelli, 2004
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 2004
Russian: Moscow, Text, 2009

A Pigeon and a Boy
English: New York, Schocken, 2007
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 2007
Italian: Milan, Frassinelli, 2008
Russian: Moscow, Text, 2008

Mainly About Love
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassallucci, 1997
Breda, De Geus, 1998

His House in the Desert
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassallucci, 1998
French: Paris, Ed. des Deux Terres, 2004; Paris, Seuil, 2005
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 2000
Italian: Milan, Frassinelli, 2006
Russian: Moscow, Text, 2007

Michael and the Monster of Jerusalem
English: Jerusalem, Tower of David Museum, 1990

Nehama the Louse
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1996

How the Neanderthal Inadvertedly Invented Kebab
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1997
Rumanian: Bucharest, Viitorul Romanesc, 2003

Zohar`s Dimples
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1995

My Jerusalem
Dutch: Amsterdam, Libris/Vassallucci, 1998

The Tractor in the Sandbox
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1999

In the Beginning: Firsts in the Bible
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 2010

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