Gila Almagor

Gila Almagor, one of Israel`s leading actresses, was born in pre-state Israel in 1939, four months after the death of her father, and grew up in various children`s institutions. She has been a professional actress since the age of 17. At age 25, after studying in New York for two years, she started performing in Israel`s top theaters. She has also starred in some 40 movies as well as numerous TV programs, has hosted her own radio show for many years, and is actively involved in voluntary work with children suffering from cancer.
Almagor has published four books for children and youth. The first, Aviya`s Summer, has been translated into nine languages. The film based on the book received the Berlin Silver Bear Award (1989), the Golden Spike Award at the Valladolid Festival (Spain, 1989), and was named Best Foreign Film at the 1989 San Remo Festival. Almagor has received the Israel Prize for Cinema (2004), a Hans Christian Andersen Ambassadorship (2005), and the Liberitas Film Festival Prize for Lifetime Achievement (Croatia, 2007). In 2009, both Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Tel Aviv University awarded her an Honorary Doctorate.

Books Published in Hebrew

The Summer of Aviya, (youth), Am Oved, 1985 [Ha-Kayitz Shel Aviya]

Under the Domin Tree, (youth) Am Oved, 1992 [Etz Ha-Domim Tafus]

Alex Lerner, Daphna and Me (youth), Am Oved, 2002 [Alex Lerner, Daphna Ve-Ani]

Yearnie, A Girl Born in a Dream (children), Am Oved, 2003 [Erga, Yalda Min Ha-Chalomot]

Books in Translation

The Summer of Aviya
English: London, Collins, 1991
French: Paris, Nathan, 1990
German: Frankfurt, Alibaba, 1990; in paperback
Munich, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1997
Munich, dtv junior, 1997
Dutch: Tilburg, Elzenga, 1993
Russian: Jerusalem, Aliya, 1990; Moscow, Muravei, 2001
Greek: Athens, Kedros, 2001; 2007
Danish: Copenhagen, Forum, 1993
Spanish: Salamanca, Loguez, 1994
Italian: Rome, Mondadori, forthcoming
Arabic: Haifa, Kul Shee, 2007
Serbian: Nova Pazova, Bonart, 2002

Under the Domim Tree
German: Munich, Carl Hanser, 1997
Dutch: Rotterdam, Lemniscaat, 1997
Danish: Copenhagen, Gyldendal, 1996
English: New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995

Alex Lerner, Daphne and Me
German: Munich, Carl Hanser, 2005

Last updated: 31.05.2009