Orly Castel-Bloom

Orly Castel- Bloom ( * November 26, 1960 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli writer.

Life

Orly Castel- Bloom was born in the north of Tel Aviv as a child of Egyptian Jews. She studied film at the University of Tel Aviv. As a writer, she published in 1987 her works. She was voted one of the 50 most influential women of Israel in 1999. Castel- Bloom influenced the modern Israeli literature prevail. Her novel Dolly City has received several awards, included in the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works and adapted for a play.

Works (selection)

• Not Far From the Center of Town ( short stories, 1987)
• Hostile Surroundings ( short stories, 1989)
• Where Am I ( novella, 1990)
• Dolly City, 1992, German 1998 ( trans. Mirjam Pressler )
• Lisa Minna (Roman, German: Munich 1998, from the Heb over by M. Pressler. . )
• The sea in the back (Roman, German: Munich 2004, from the Heb over by M. Pressler. . )
• Human Parts ( novella, Boston, Massachusetts, 2004)

Awards

• Alterman Prize
• Newman Prize