Ofer Shelach

Ofer Shelach was born in Haifa, in 1960. He studied economics and English literature at Tel Aviv University and spent two years in New York studying creative writing. Shelach has worked as an editor for the popular daily Maariv, and currently writes for the mass circulation daily Yedioth Ahronoth. He is also a sports commentator for Israel TV. He lives in Tel Aviv.

Books Published in Hebrew

Second Person (novel), Zmora Bitan, 1989 [Guf Sheni]

Film Lexicon (non-fiction, two volumes), Hakkibutz Hameuchad, 1990 [Lexicon Kolnoa]

Journey Between Stars (non-fiction), Kinneret, 1992 [Mas Bein Kochavim]

The Israeli Army - A Radical Proposal (non-fiction), Kinneret, Zmora Bitan, Dvir, 2003 [Ha-Magash Ve-Hakesef: Madua Drusha Mahapecha Be-Tzahal]

Boomerang (non-fiction), Keter, 2005 [Boomerang- Kishalon Ha-Manhigut Ba-Intifada Ha-shnia]

Captives in Lebanon (non-fiction), Yedioth Ahronoth, 2007 [Shvuim Be-Levanon: Ha-Emet Al Milchemet Levanon Ha-Shniia]

Last updated: 05.02.2009