Eshkol Nevo
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Life and career
Eshkol Nevo grew up in Jerusalem, Haifa, and Detroit. He is the grandson of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, for whom he was named.[3]
He studied copywriting at the Tirza Granot School and psychology at Tel Aviv University.
He teaches creative writing and thinking at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel Aviv University, Sapir College and the Open University of Israel. Nevo, together with Orit Gidali who is an author and poet, established Sadnaot Habait,[4] which is a school for writers.[5]
Works in Hebrew
Stories
- Zimmer Be-Givatayyim (Bed & Breakfast), Zmora Bitan, 2001
Novels
- Arbaa Batim ve-Gaagua (Homesick), Zmora Bitan, 2004
- Mishala Achat Yamina (World Cup Wishes), Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, Template:ISBN (965-517-274-0), 2007
- Neuland, Zmora Bitan Publishing, 2011
- Ha-Miqveh ha-Aharon be-Sibir (The Last Ritual Bathhouse in Siberia), Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir, 2013
- Shalosh Qomot (Three Floors), Zmora Bitan, 2015
- Ha-reayon ha-Acharon (The last interview), Zmora Bitan, 2018
- Gever Nichnas Bapardes (Man enters the orchard), Zmora Bitan, 2021
- Lev Raev (Hungry Heart), Zmora Bitan, 2023
For children
- Aba shel Amaliya Nosea le-Australiya (Amalia's father travels to Australia), 2010
- Machshava mamtina (Thought on hold), 2022
Nonfiction
- Nifradnu Trach (The Breaking-Up Manual), Zmora Bitan, 2002
Works translated to English
- Homesick, Chatto and Windus, trade paperback, Template:ISBN, paperback, Template:ISBN, 20 May 2008, translated by Sondra Silverston
- World Cup Wishes, Chatto and Windus, trade paperback, Template:ISBN, 6 May 2010, translated by Sondra Silverston
- Neuland, Chatto and Windus, trade paperback, Template:ISBN, paperback, Template:ISBN, 15 February 2014, translated by Sondra Silverston
- Three Floors Up, Other Press LLC, 2017, translated by Sondra Silverston. Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
Works translated to German
- Vier Häuser und eine Sehnsucht ("Homesick"), premium: Band 24564, paperback, Template:ISBN, translated by Anne Birkenhauer
- Wir haben noch das ganze Leben ("World Cup Wishes"), paperback, Template:ISBN, translated by Markus Lemke
- Die einsamen Liebenden ("The Last Ritual Bathhouse in Siberia"), Template:ISBN, translated by Anne Birkenhauer
- Neuland, Template:ISBN, paperback, Template:ISBN, translated by Anne Birkenhauer
- Über uns ("Three Floors Up"), Template:ISBN, translated by Markus Lemke
Works translated to French
- Quatre maisons et un exil, Gallimard, Template:ISBN, January 2008, translated by Raïa Del Vecchio
- Le cours du jeu est bouleversé, Gallimard, Template:ISBN, June 2010, translated by Jean-Luc Allouche
- Neuland, Gallimard, Template:ISBN, May 2014, translated by Jean-Luc Allouche
References
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External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080309154315/http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=401
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071206012306/http://www.ithl.org.il/book_info.asp?id=1012
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071206012833/http://www.ithl.org.il/book_info.asp?id=1151
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090106134453/http://www.ujia.org/jlec/goats-and-apples/1084/eshkol-nevo-homesick/
- http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3531987,00.html (Addicted to the Palestinians, article written by Eshkol Nevo)
- http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFA+events/Around+the+world/France%20Israel%20Foundation%20bestows%20prizes%20on%20Israeli%20author%20and%20scientists%2010-Mar-2008 (Writer Eshkol Nevo and two Technion scientists to receive France-Israel Foundation prizes)