Meir Shalev

(1948- )

Meir Shalev was born in Nahalal, Israel, the son of poet Itzhak Shalev. He grew up in an agricultural cooperative in Nahalal, and then moved to Jerusalem., where he lives today. He studied Psychology at the Hebrew University and produced and hosted several radio and television programs. He is a regular columnist in the Israeli press and writes essays and fiction for both children and adults.

Books Published in Hebrew
Michael and the Monster of Jerusalem (children), Hakibbutz Hameuchad/The Jerusalem Museum/Jerusalem Fund, 1982; 1989 [Ha-Yeled Hayim Ve Ha-Mifletzet Mi-Yrushalayim]
Mishkav Letzim (humor), Dalia Peled, 1982
Bible Now (articles), Schocken, 1985 [Tanach Achshav]
Zohar's Dimples (children), Keter, 1987 [Gumot Ha-Hen Shel Zohar]
My Father Always Embarrasses Me (children), Keter, 1988 [Aba Oseh Bushot]
The Blue Mountain (novel), Am Oved, 1988 [Roman Russi]
Nehama the Louse (children), Am Oved, 1990 [Ha-Kinah Nechama]
Esau (novel), Am Oved, 1991[Esav]
As a Few Days (novel), Am Oved, 1994 [Ke-Yamim Ahadim]
Mainly About Love, Am Oved, 1995 [Be-Ikar Al Ahavah]
His House in the Desert, Am Oved, 1998 [Be-Beyito Ba-Midbar]
The Tractor in the Sandbox, Am Oved, [Ha-Tractor Be-Argaz Ha-Hol]

Books in Translation
My Father Always Embarrases Me
English: Chicago, Wellington, 1990
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1994
Japanese: Tokyo, Aslan Shobo, 1992

The Blue Mountain
Danish: Copenhagen, Forum, 1992
Dutch: The Hague, BZZToH, 1990
Amsterdam, Arena, 1996
Paperback: Amsterdam, Rainbow, 1998
English: New York, Harper Collins, 1991
Edinburgh, Canongate, 1999
French: Paris, Albin Michel, 1990
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1991
Italian: Milan, Rizzoli, 1990
Polish: Warsaw, Sic!, 1993
Swedish: Stockholm, Norstedts, 1992

Esau
Dutch: Amsterdam, Arena, 1992/98
Amsterdam, Rainbow, 1994
French: Paris, Albin Michel, 1993
English: New York, Harper Collins, 1993
Edinburgh, Canongate, forthcoming
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1994 / Paperback: 1995

Bible Now
Dutch: Amsterdam Vassallucci, 1995
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1997 / Paperback: 1999

As a Few Days
Dutch: Amsterdam, Arena, 1994 / Paperback: Amsterdam, Arena, 1996 / Paperback: Amsterdam, Rainbow, 1997
English: New York, Ecco, 1999
Edinburgh, Cannongate, forthcoming
French: Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1996
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1995 / Paperback:1998
Norwegian: Oslo, Aschehoug, 1998
Greek: Athens, Kedros, forthcoming
Italian: Milan, Frassinelli, 1999
Portuguese: Lisbon, Difel, 1999

Mainly About Love
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassallucci, 1997
Breda, De Geus, 1998

His House in the Desert
Dutch: Amsterdam, Vassallucci, 1998
French: Paris, Calmann-Levy, forthcoming
German: Zurich, Diogenes, forthcoming
Italian: Milan, Frassinelli, forthcoming

Michael and the Monster of Jerusalem
English: Jerusalem, Tower of David Museum, 1990

Nehama the Louse
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1996

How the Neanderthal Inadvertedly Invented Kebab
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1997

Zohar's Dimples
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1995

My Jerusalem
Dutch: Amsterdam, Libris/Vassallucci, 1998

The Tractor in the Sandbox
German: Zurich, Diogenes, 1999

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