Naomi Gal (; born

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, 1944) is an Israeli writer. Her novel () (

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1993, in 2011 rewritten in English as ''Soap Opera''), in its original Hebrew version won the

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for Literature in 1994. In 1999 ''Ariel,'' an English-language Israeli literary magazine, counted Gal with Haim Be'er and Dan Tsalka "in the forefront of Israeli writers today". Gal worked in

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and the newspapers

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and

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for nearly two decades as a film critic and food writer before writing novels and children's books. She currently is a professor at

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. She has also been classed as a

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writer.''Which Lilith?: feminist writers re-create the world's first woman'' Enid Dame, Lilly Rivlin, Henny Wenkart - 1998 "Naomi Gal, a veteran Israeli writer, worked in Israeli television and the newspapers Ma'Ariv and Yediot Ahronot. Author of eight books, her novel Soap Opera won the Jerusalem prize and was on Israel's best seller list."

Works

Hebrew: * "There's a thinness" ("") * "Roman romanti" ("") * "Story of Ruth and Jerry" ("") * "Lilith" ("") * "Anti-Roman", ("") English: * Daphne's Seasons * Soap Opera

References

1944 births Writers from Jerusalem Living people Feminist writers Moravian University faculty Israeli feminists Israeli film critics Israeli women film critics Israeli television people Maariv (newspaper) people Yedioth Ahronoth people Jerusalem Prize recipients Israeli children's writers Israeli women children's writers Israeli women novelists {{Israel-writer-stub