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Nurit Zarchi
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Nurit Zarchi (born in Jerusalem in 1941) studied Psychology, Literature and Philosophy in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. She is one of Israel’s best known authors of children’s books, and as well as working as a journalist and essayist she writes prose and poetry. Nurit Zarchi’s poems tell stories and fables in strongly associative language which always incorporates several layers of meaning. She has received all the important prizes for children’s literature and has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature twice for her literary work.
Publications in Hebrew (selection):
The Floor Is Shaking. Yedioth Ahronoth 2003
The Ceiling Flew Up. Helicon Press 2001
Games of Loneliness. Yedioth Ahronoth 1999
Hypnodrom Hotel.Tag/Helicon Press 1998
Village of the Spirits. Zmora-Bitan 1994
The Garden of the Brain. Zmora-Bitan 1988
The Fish. Zmora-Bitan 1987