Alona Frankel
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Alona Frankel was born in in 1937 in Cracow, Poland. She spent World War II as a small child in the Lvov ghetto and after its liquidation, in hiding – first alone, later with her parents. She immigrated to Israel with her family in 1949. Frankel studied art at the Avni Institute. Now a bestselling children’s author and illustrator, she has written and illustrated over 30 children’s books, in addition to illustrating dozens of books by other authors. Her work has been exhibited both in Israel and abroad. Frankel has won numerous prizes for children’s literature, including an Andersen Honor Citation (1982). A Girl, her first book for adults, was awarded the prestigious Sapir Prize (2005) and the Buchman Prize (Yad Vashem, 2005). She is also the recipient of the Prime Minister’s Prize (2014) and the Devorah Omer Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2017).
Photo by: Yair Leah