Meir Shalev

Meir Shalev was born in 1948 on Nahalal, Israel’s first moshav, and is one of Israel’s most celebrated novelists. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages and have been bestsellers in Israel, Holland, and Germany. In 1999 the author was awarded the Juliet Club Prize (Italy). Mr. Shalev is also the recipient of the Prime Minitster’s Prize (Israel); the Chiavari (Italy); the Entomological Prize (Israel); the WIZO Prize in France, Israel, and Italy: the Brenner Prize of 2006, the highest Israeli recognition awarded, for A Pigeon and a Boy; and a Pratt Foundation Prize for promoting awareness of environmental issues.

Mr. Shalev, a columnist for the Israeli Daily Yedioth Ahronoth, lives in Jerusalem and in the north of Israel.

Books Authored

Image of Two She-Bears: A Novel
Author(s):
Meir Shalev
Translator(s):
Stuart Schoffman
Genre(s):
World Literature, Israeli, Suspense

Two She-Bears: A Novel

September 12, 2016
Reviewed by: 
David Cooper

Is a proclivity to violence and vengeance a gender and/or regional trait? Are the minds of men more than women and/or rural folk more than city dwellers predisposed to violent acts of revenge?

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Image of My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir
Author(s):
Meir Shalev
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner

September 13, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Ariel Balter

“Unlike a biography or autobiography, My Russian Grandmother does not really provide a full account of a person’s life—neither of his own nor of Grandma Tonia’s—but, yes, perhaps o

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