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Aharon Almog (Hebrew: אהרן אלמוג) (September 14, 1931 – May 8, 2021) was an Israeli writer, poet and playwright.




Biography


Aharon Almog was born in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine. His grandfather immigrated from Yemen to Palestine in the 19th century. Almog graduated from the agricultural school in Mikveh Israel. In 1948 he enlisted in Palmach, took part in the Israel's War of Independence, which experience he described in his novels. After discharging from the IDF he was among the one who reestablished the kibbutz Gezer and many his stories and poems are dedicated to this place. During 1956-1957 he studied literature at Tel Aviv University and after that he taught Hebrew literature in high schools. He published his first poem in 1953 and his first book of stories in 1959.
He was married to the writer Ruth Almog from 1959 and they have two daughters, Shira and Eliana.




Books


The complete bibliography (in Hebrew) may be found at a webpage of the The New Hebrew Literature Lexicon, Ohio State University




= Poetry in Hebrew

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Aviv Atzevet B’Yehuda [Sad Spring in Judea], Sifriat Poalim, Merhavia, 1956
Hatzda’a Le-Israel [Praise to Israel], Sifriat Poalim, Merhavia, 1972
Hilton Yerushalayim [Jerusalem Hilton], Sifriat Poalim, Merhavia, 1979
La-Menatzeah Al Mot Sahkan Kaduregel [To Immortalize a Football Player], Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Tel Aviv, 1981
Requiem Le-Zonah [Requiem for a Whore], Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Tel Aviv, 1983
Rehov Herzl [Herzl Street], Am Oved, Tel Aviv, 1987
Im Tiru Sukka Afa [If You See a Sukka Flying], Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Tel Aviv, 2004




= Fiction in Hebrew

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Ha-Yamim Ha-Rishonim [First Days], Tarmil, Tel Aviv, 1964
Kelev Shahor [Black Dog and Other Stories], Tarmil, Tel Aviv, 1974
Shavua Be-Tashah [A Week in 1948], Tarmil, Tel Aviv,1980
Ha-Laila She-Bo Meta Ha-Tzionut [The Night that Zionism Died], Zmora Bitan, Tel Aviv, 1989
Al Tats-hiku et Safta [Don't Make Grandma Laugh], Zmora Bitan, Tel Aviv, 1994




= Play

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Tikun Hatzot [Midnight Prayer], Ministry of Defense, Tel Aviv, 1961




= Translations

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The following boos were translated in English:

Sad Spring in Judah
First Days
Midnight Prayer
Praise to Israel
Black Dog and other Stories
Jerusalem Hilton
A Week in 1948




Awards


Brenner Prize in 1982
Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works in 1989
Bialik Prize in 1999 .




Notes






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