Gerda Cohen

Gerda Cohen (1920-2009) was born in Brambauer, a suburb of Dortmund, Germany, and immigrated to pre-state Israel in 1938. She lived in Kibbutz Elon in northern Israel. Cohen published books for children and youth, an autobiographical trilogy, a biography, two plays for children and two cookbooks of kibbutz food. In 1982 she was awarded the Ashman Prize for one of her short stories for children.