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Born in Jerusalem, Shifra Horn has a BA in biblical studies, archeology and communications. She has worked as spokesperson for the Ministry of Absorption; also as a journalist, lecturer and TV host. Later she has managed her own independent public relations firm. Horn has published five bestselling novels, a collection of short stories, two non-fiction books and four books for children. In 2002, Horn was nominated Literary Woman of the Year by the financial daily, Globes. She has also been awarded the WIZO Prize (1997), the Bat Yam Prize for Literature (1997), the Book Publishers Association's Gold and Platinum Book Prizes for her five novels, the Prime Minister's Prize (2005), the ADAI-WIZO Prize (Italy, 2006), the Brenner Prize (2006) and the French WIZO Prize for Ode to Joy (2008). For her novel Scorpion Dance [Promenade à Deux] she received the Culture Minister's Zionism Prize (2014) and the ADEI-WIZO Prize (Italy, 2017).
Horn’s books have been published in eight languages, among which English (St Martin’s Press, Piatkus), French (Fayard), Italian (Fazi), German (Bertelsman, btb), Dutch (Archipel/ Arbeiderspers).
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Books Published in Hebrew
| Daughters of Jerusalem [working title]
(novel)
, Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir [forthcoming] | Shalom Japan (non-fiction), Sifriat Maariv, 1992 [Chavaya Yapanit] | Four Mothers
(novel)
, Sifriat Maariv, 1996; Keter, 2014 [Arba Imahot] | Fairest Among Women
(novel)
, Keshet, 1998 [Ha-Yafa Ba-Nashim] | Cats, A Love Story
(stories)
, Keshet, 1999 [Chatulim, Sipur Ahava] | The Purrfect Pet
(children-picture bk)
, Yedioth Ahronoth, 2000 [Ein Chaya Kazot] | Tamara Walks on Water
(novel)
, Am Oved, 2002 [Tamara Holechet Al Ha-Mayim] | Ode to Joy
(novel)
, Am Oved, 2004 [Himnon La-Simcha] | New Zealand Experience (non-fiction), Am Oved, 2008 [Chavaya New Zelandit] | Not-By-Day and Not-By-Night
(children-picture bk)
, Am Oved, 2008 [Gam Ba-Yom Ve Gam Ba-Layla] | Scorpion Dance [Promenade à Deux]
(novel)
, Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2012 [Mechol Ha-Akrabim] | Me and Humphrey in the Land of Chickenpox (children), Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2015 [Davshi Va-Ani Be-Eretz Ha-Ba'abuot] | A Feather of Love
(children-picture bk)
, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2016 [Notza Shel Aahava] | |
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Books in Translation
English: New York, St. Martin`s Press, 1999; pback: 2000; London, Piatkus, 1999; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014
Italian: Rome, Fazi, 2000; 2002
German: Munich, btb, 2000
Dutch: Amsterdam, Archipel/Arbeiderspers, 2000; pback: 2002; Amsterdam, Muntinga, 2006
French: Paris, Fayard, 2001
Turkish: Istanbul, Apollon, 2010 Azeri: Baku, Alatoran, 2015 German: Munich, Bertelsmann, 2001
English: New York, St. Martin`s Press, 2001; London, Piatkus, 2001; 2002
Dutch: Amsterdam, Archipel/Arbeiderspers, 2001
Italian: Rome, Fazi, 2001; pback: 2003
Turkish: Istanbul, Apollon, 2010 Italian: Rome, Fazi, 2007 English: London, Piatkus, 2003
Dutch: Amsterdam, Archipel/Arbeiderspers, 2003; Amsterdam, XL, 2004
Italian: Rome, Fazi, 2004
French: Paris, Fayard, 2004
Turkish: Istambul, Dogan, forthcoming English: London, Piatkus, 2005
Italian: Rome, Fazi, 2005; 2008
Dutch: Amsterdam, Archipel/Arbeiderspers, 2006; Amsterdam, XL, 2007
French: Paris, Fayard, 2007
Shalom Japan
English: New York, Kensington Books, 1996 Italian: Rome, Fazi, 2016 German: Zurich, Kiriat Yearim, 2016 French: Zurich, Kiriat Yearim, 2016
Spanish: Barcelona, Obelisco, 2019 Catalan: Barcelona, Obelisco, 2019
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