Background
Alona Kimhi was born in Lvov, Ukraine (then in the Soviet Union), in 1966 and emigrated to Israel with her family in 1972.
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Following her army service, in a Kibbutz in the Negev Desert., she moved to Tel-Aviv and studied acting at the Beit Zvi Academy of Dramatic Arts, which she graduated with honors and began her career as a Film and Theatre actress.
Career
Alona starred in several Israeli and international films, including “Himo King of Jerusalem”, “Aba Ganuv”, and Toby Hooper’s Night Terrors as well as playing leading roles in plays by Shakespeare, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams. In the late 1980s, Alona started writing lyrics to songs by her spouse, Israeli musician Izhar Ashdot, writing articles for major magazines and began writing short stories. By the late 1990s, Alona became a full-time writer
Her second book and first novel, Weeping Susannah, published in 1998, turned her into a major voice of her generation and started her international career.
lieutenant has since been translated to 16 languages, published in major international publishing houses, such as Gallimard in France where she is a well known author In 2009, her novel Weeping Susanna was dramatized as a miniseries for the Israeli cable television channel Hot 3.
In 2014 her name was brought up in various newspapers, because she demanded the murder of Tuvia Tenenbom in a private facebook post. Later, she said she this was just a joke.
Achievements
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In 1996, Kimhi was awarded the ACUM Book of the Year Prize for I, Anastasia. In 1999, she was the joint recipient of the Bernstein Prize (original Hebrew noval category), for her first novel, Weeping Susannah. The other prize recipient was Yocheved Reisman. In 2001, she received the French WIZO Prize. In 2001, she was awarded the Prime Minister"s Prize.
Awards
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In 1996, Kimhi was awarded the ACUM Book of the Year Prize for I, Anastasia. In 1999, she was the joint recipient of the Bernstein Prize (original Hebrew noval category), for her first novel, Weeping Susannah. The other prize recipient was Yocheved Reisman. In 2001, she received the French WIZO Prize. In 2001, she was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize.In 1996, Kimhi was awarded the ACUM Book of the Year Prize for I, Anastasia. In 1999, she was the joint recipient of the Bernstein Prize (original Hebrew noval category), for her first novel, Weeping Susannah. The other prize recipient was Yocheved Reisman. In 2001, she received the French WIZO Prize. In 2001, she was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize.