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'''Orly Castel-Bloom''' (born [[1960]]) is an [[Israel]]i [[author]]. |
'''Orly Castel-Bloom''' (born [[1960]]) is an [[Israel]]i [[author]]. |
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Orly Castel-Bloom was born in north [[Tel Aviv]] to a family of Egyptian Jews. Until the age of three, she had French nannies and spoke only French. <ref>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/894462.html)</ref>She studied film at [[Beit Tzvi]] in [[Ramat Gan, Israel]]. Her first collection of short stories, ''Not Far from the Center of Town,'' was published in 1987 by [[Am Oved]]. Castel-Bloom has published 11 books, including collections of short fiction and novels. Her 1992 [[novel]] ''Dolly City'', has been included in [[UNESCO]]'s Collection of Representative Works, and in 1999 she was named one of the fifty most influential women in Israel. ''Dolly City'' has been performed as a play in [[Tel Aviv]]. |
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In ''Free Radicals'', Castel-Bloom stopped writing in the first-person. In ''Human Parts'' (2002) she was the first Israeli novelist to address the subject of Palestinian [[suicide bombings]]. Her anthology of short stories |
In ''Free Radicals'', Castel-Bloom stopped writing in the first-person. In ''Human Parts'' (2002) she was the first Israeli novelist to address the subject of Palestinian [[suicide bombings]]. Her anthology of short stories Your Don't Argue with Rice'', was published in 2003. Castel-Bloom has won the Prime Minister's award twice, the Tel Aviv award for fiction and was nominated for the Sapir Prize. |
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==References== |
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*Haaretz interview with Orly Castel-Bloom - "North Tel Aviv Star," Vered Lee (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/894462.html) |
*Haaretz interview with Orly Castel-Bloom - "North Tel Aviv Star," Vered Lee (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/894462.html) |
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[http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=68 Orly Castel-Bloom bio] via ithl.org |
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Revision as of 12:00, 20 September 2007
Orly Castel-Bloom (born 1960) is an Israeli author.
Orly Castel-Bloom was born in north Tel Aviv to a family of Egyptian Jews. Until the age of three, she had French nannies and spoke only French. [1]She studied film at Beit Tzvi in Ramat Gan, Israel. Her first collection of short stories, Not Far from the Center of Town, was published in 1987 by Am Oved. Castel-Bloom has published 11 books, including collections of short fiction and novels. Her 1992 novel Dolly City, has been included in UNESCO's Collection of Representative Works, and in 1999 she was named one of the fifty most influential women in Israel. Dolly City has been performed as a play in Tel Aviv.
In Free Radicals, Castel-Bloom stopped writing in the first-person. In Human Parts (2002) she was the first Israeli novelist to address the subject of Palestinian suicide bombings. Her anthology of short stories Your Don't Argue with Rice, was published in 2003. Castel-Bloom has won the Prime Minister's award twice, the Tel Aviv award for fiction and was nominated for the Sapir Prize.
References
- Haaretz interview with Orly Castel-Bloom - "North Tel Aviv Star," Vered Lee (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/894462.html)
- ==External links==
Orly Castel-Bloom bio via ithl.org
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