Naomi Frankel

Naomi Frankl Ben-Gur (1918 - 2009) was born in Berlin to an assimilated Jewish family. She immigrated to Jerusalem in 1933. She studied Jewish History and Kabala at the Hebrew University. She lived on Kibbutz Beit Alpha until 1970, when she began an eight- year stint in the Israeli Navy, where she held the rank of major. In 1982, she and her family moved to Kiryat Arba, and later to Hebron where she lived until her death. Fraenkel wrote prose for both children and adults. She was awarded several prizes, including the 1962 Ussishkin Prize.

Books Published in Hebrew

Saul and Yohanna (Trilogy), Sifriat Poalim/Am Oved, 1956, 1962, 1969; Gefen, 1999 [Shaul Ve-Yohanna]

Meir Har-Zion`s Dairy, Levin-Epstein, 1969 [Pirkei Yoman Shel Meir Har Tzion]

My Beloved Friend, Am Oved, 1973 [Dodi Ve-Re`i]

Wild Flower (novel), Am Oved, 1982 [Tzemah Bar]

A Boy Growing Up on the Banks of the Assi (children), Ministry of Defense, 1977 [Na`ar Gadel Al Gdot Ha-Assi]

Racheli and the Little Man (children), Am Oved, 1988 [Raheli Ve-Ha-Ishon]

Morning Star (historic novel), Gefen, 1998 [Barka`i]

Books in Translation

Individual stories have been published in German.

last update: 24.11.2009