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Levana Moshon
Levana Moshon (Hebrew: לבנה מושון, also Hebrew: לבנה מושון-קוזק, Levana Moshon-Kozak[1]) (born October 28, 1952, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli writer, journalist, teacher and children's storyteller.
Biography edit
Levana Moshon is married and mother of three. She lives in Giv'at Shmuel.[2]
Literary career edit
Moshon is the author of over 40 books of prose for children and young adults, and several novels for adults.[2][3]
Awards and recognition edit
- 2022: Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works (for 2021)[1]
- 2015: nominated for the Sapir Prize (for 2014) for the adult novel Silence of the Plants ("שתיקת הצמחים") [3][4][5]
- 2009: ACUM Prize for the manuscript, presented anonymously, "האם אתה כואב אותי" ("You are Hurting Me" also translated as "Feel my Pains")[6][7]
- 2005: ACUM Prize for children's and youth literature for the 2004 novel "לאבא שלי קוראים ארווין" ("My Father is Called Erwin"), which was republished in 2008 as מכתבים מגבעת הזבל (Letters from the Garbage Heap) [6][8]
- 1995: Tchernichovsky Prize in Poetry and Prose category, for the book Sour Love (published in 1996)[6]
References edit
- ^ a b משרד התרבות והספורט הכריז על הזוכים בפרסי היצירה לסופרים עבריים ע"ש לוי אשכול לשנת 2021 (The Ministry of Culture and Sports announced the winners of the Levy Eshkol Hebrew Writers' Prize for 2021)
- ^ a b Levana Moshon לבנה מושון (1952) , Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature, Ohio State University
- ^ a b "WRITER’S CURRICULUM VITAE, Levana Moshon"
- ^ מפעל הפיס וקרן ספיר פרסמו את רשימת המועמדים לפרס ספיר לשנת 2014 (Mifal HaPais and the Sapir Foundation have published the list of candidates for the Sapir Prize for 2014), Haaretz
- ^ "שתיקת הצמחים": רומן שמחזיר אותנו לשורשי הפרוזה (Silence of the Plants book review)
- ^ a b c פרסים
- ^ "אקו"ם יעניק פרס מפעל חיים לשלמה ארצי, דודו ברק ויצחק בן נר" (ACUM will award the Lifetime Achievement Award to Shlomo Artzi, Dudu Barak and Yitzhak Ben Ner), Haaretz, March 3, 2009
- ^ מכתבים מגבעת הזבל, לבנה מושון | מכתב חוזר (a review of Letters from the Garbage Heap), Haaretz, December 17, 2008