Ruth Almog (; born 15 May 1936) is an Israeli novelist.
Life Almog was born 15 May 1936 in Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine to parents who immigrated from Hamburg in 1933. She studied at the David Yellin Teachers College, and at Tel Aviv University. She taught philosophy and film at Tel Aviv University. She was the deputy editor of the literary section of the mainstream daily Haaretz and writer-in-residence at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In 1959 she married poet Aharon Almog and they had two daughters, Shira and Eliana.Ruth Almog, The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women
Awards
1985 and 2000: 1989 Brenner Prize 2000 Yad Vashem Prize 2000 Andersen Honor Citation 2001 Agnon Prize from the Jerusalem municipality 2004 Newman Prize from Bar Ilan University 2004 German Gerty Spies Prize for Literature 2006 Bialik Prize for Lifetime Achievement 1995 2007 Prime Minister's Prize 2010 ACUM lifetime achievement award
The book My Journey with Alex had won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the and the Yad Vashem Prize, as well as a UNESCO commendation. It is recommended by the Ministry of Education.My journey with Alex
Works Hasdei Ha-Laila Shel Margerita (Marguereta`s Night Grace) (stories), Tarmil, 1969 Be-Eretz Gzerah (The Exile) (novel), Am Oved, 1971 Aharei Tu Bi-Shvat (After Tubishvat) (stories), Tarmil, 1979 Et Ha-Zar Ve-Ha- Oyev (The Stranger and the Foe), (novella), Sifriat Poalim, 1980 Mavet Ba-Geshem (Death in the Rain) (novel), Keter, 1982 Death in the rain: a novel, Red Crane Books, 1993, Nashim (Women) (stories), Keter, 1986 De zilveren bal, translators Benno Ehrlich, Annegert Fuchshuber, Ploegsma, 1994, La palla d'argento, Translator O. D. Padoa, Mondadori, 2004, Shorshei Avir (Roots of Light) (novel), Keter/Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987; 2003 Tikun Omanuti (Invisible Mending) (novella & stories), Keter, 1993 Meahev Mushlam (A Perfect Lover) (novel), with Esther Ettinger, Keter, 1995 Der perfekte Liebhaber, Translators Ester Etinger, Vera Loos, Goldmann, 1999, Meine Reise mit Alex , Translators Vera Loos, Naomi Nir-Bleimling, Sauerländer, 2002, Ha-Agam Ha-Pnimi (The Inner Lake), (composition), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2000 Estelina Ahuvati (Estelina My Love) (novel), Ruth Almog & Esther Ettinger, Keter, 2002 Kol Ha-Osher Ha-Mufraz Ha-ze (All This Overflowing Bliss) (stories), Keter, 2003 Be-Ahava, Natalia (Love, Natalia) (novel), Keter, 2005 Meil Katon (A Little Coat) (novella), Kinneret/Zmora-Bitan/Dvir, 2008 Zara Be-Gan Eden (Stranger in Paradise) (novel), Kinneret/Zmora Bitan/Dvir, 2008
Children's and youth titles Naphy Nasich Ha-Karnafim (Naphy), Am Oved, 1979 Gilgil, Massada/Modan, 1986 Tzoanim Ba-Pardes (Nomads in the Orchard)(youth), Massada, 1986 Kadur Ha-Kesef (The Silver Ball), Am Oved, 1986 Hasibor (The Wonderbird), Am Oved, 1991 Rakefet, Ahavati Ha-Rishonah (Rakefet, My First Love), Keter, 1992 Gilgil Rotza Kelev (Gilgil Wants a Dog), Modan, 1998 (Ha-Masa Sheli Im Alex, My Journey with Alex), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999 The story of wandering of Holocaust children, two brothers, Erwin and Alex. Translated in German (Meine Reise mit Alex), Serbian (Moje putovanje s Aleksom) and Chinese.My Journey with Alex Balut Ha-Pele Shel Kamila (The Magic Acorn), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999 Od Chibuk Echad (Just One More Hug), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2003
Anthologies
References
4. Yael S. Feldman, No Room of Their Own: Gender and Nation in Israeli Women's Fiction (Columbia UP, 1999), chap. 8, "Beyond the Feminist Romance: Ruth Almog", 193–223.
4a. Hebrew trans. of No Room of Their Own by Michal Sapir, 2002, Hakibbutz Hameuchad: ללא חדר משלהן: מגדר ואומה בספרות נשים ישראליות, פרק 8: "מעבר לרומנס הפמיניסטי, 200-230.
5. יעל פלדמן, "לתקון את הלא-ראוי עוד לתיקון" , אחרית דבר לאוסף סיפורי רות אלמוג, תיקון אמנותי, כתר 2003 (עמ' 443–473)