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Home, Imagination, and Malice

Home, Imagination, and Malice

Home, Imagination, and Malice

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies Wednesday, December 5, 2012 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Holzapfel Hall, 142 JWST Seminar Room

Ronit Matalon is a bestselling writer and novelist in Israel. She was born in 1959 to a family of Egyptian-Jewish descent. She studied literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University.  Ms. Matalon has worked as a journalist for Israel television and for the daily Haaretz, covering Gaza and the West Bank during the First Intifada. She has also worked as a critic and book reviewer for Haaretz. At present, she is senior lecturer in Hebrew and comparative literature at Haifa University. Her children`s book;  A Story that Begins with a Snake's Funeral has been made into a movie. Ms. Matalon has been awarded the prestigious Bernstein Prize (2009) for The Sounds of Our Steps. She is the author of the U.S. published novels Bliss and The One Facing Us.

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Ronit Matalon is a bestselling writer and novelist in Israel. She was born in 1959 to a family of Egyptian-Jewish descent. She studied literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University.  Ms. Matalon has worked as a journalist for Israel television and for the daily Haaretz, covering Gaza and the West Bank during the First Intifada. She has also worked as a critic and book reviewer for Haaretz. At present, she is senior lecturer in Hebrew and comparative literature at Haifa University. Her children`s book;  A Story that Begins with a Snake's Funeral has been made into a movie. Ms. Matalon has been awarded the prestigious Bernstein Prize (2009) for The Sounds of Our Steps. She is the author of the U.S. published novels Bliss and The One Facing Us.

 Holzapfel Hall