Meir Shalev was born in 1948 in Nahalal, Israel’s first moshav.
He is a best-selling author in Israel, Holland, and Germany, and his work has been translated into more than 20 languages.
Shalev is the recipient of the Juliet Club Prize, The Prime Minister’s Prize, The Chiavari, The Entholomogical Prize, The Wizo Prize in France, Israel and Italy, and the 2008 National Jewish Book Award and the 2006 Brenner Prize—the highest Israeli literary recognition—for his most recent novel, A Pigeon and a Boy.
He studied Psychology at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and produced and hosted several radio and television programs. He has written 12 children’s books, as well as four collections of essays. He is also a columnist with the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot.
He participated in a World Voices event on love and sex in literature, which was published in PEN America 7: World Voices.
He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children.
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