Yotam Reuveny
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Yotam Reuveny was born in 1949 in Iasi, Romania, and immigrated to Israel in 1964. After completing his military service he joined a kibbutz and currently resides in Tel Aviv. In 1972 he began working on the editorial staff of the newspaper, Haaretz, and later for Yedioth Ahronoth. His first book was published in 1978, and in 2000 he founded Nymrod, an independent publishing house, through which he has published many of his books. A novelist, short story writer and a poet, Reuveny also translates English, French and Romanian literature to Hebrew. He participated in the International Writing Program at Iowa University. Reuveny was awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize in 1985 and the Landau Prize for Poetry in 2015. His last novel, The Autobiography of Jean Riven, was shortlisted for the Sapir Prize (2015).