Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (

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: איילת גונדר-גושן; born 1982) is an Israeli clinical psychologist and author.

Life

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen was born in

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. She has a

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from

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. During her studies, she worked as a

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and news editor in the leading Israeli news paper, ''

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''. She also studied screenplay in

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. She is a clinical psychologist who also teaches at Tel Aviv University and the

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. She was a visiting author in

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during 2018, and she is currently a visiting artist at

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Writing

Gundar-Goshen writes screenplays for TV and cinema in Israel. One of her short scripts, ''Batman at the Checkpoint'', won the Berlin Today Award for the best short film in 2012 on the Berlinale Talent Campus. Her first novel, ''One Night, Markovitch'' (2012), won the

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in 2013 for debut novels. The Hebrew novel was translated into thirteen languages. ''One Night, Markovitch'' won the Italian Adei-Wizo Prize (2016), which Gundar-Goshen shared with

Etgar Keret Etgar Keret (; born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. Early life Keret was born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1967. He is a third child to parents who survive ...

, as well as the French Adei-Wizo Prize (2017). The novel was also long-listed for the Italian Sinbad Prize, and for

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. Gundar-Goshen's second novel, ''Waking Lions'' (2014), was also translated into thirteen languages. It won the 2017

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, which Gundar-Goshen shared with

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. ''

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'' picked ''Waking Lions'' as an editors' choice, and ''

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'' included the novel on its "Best Summer Reads" list.

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picked ''Waking Lions'' as one of her Books of the Year 2016 in the ''

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''. Gundar-Goshen is a contributor to

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's the ''Cultural Frontline''. She is also an occasional contributor to the ''

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'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''.

Novels

** . *** ''One Night, Markovitch''; London,

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, 2015; new paperback edition: 2015; Toronto, Anansi, 2015. ** . *** ''Waking Lions''; London, Pushkin Press, 2016; paperback: 2016; New York,

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. ** . *** ''Liar'', 2017. ** ''.'' *** ''The Wolf Hunt'', 2021; New York,

References

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