Background
Shifra Horn was born in Tel Aviv.
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The Fairest Among Women (Us) by Shifra Horn (2001-07-01)
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Ode to Joy by Shifra Horn (2006-02-02)
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Shalom, Japan: A Sabra's Five Years in the Land of the Rising Sun by Shifra Horn (1996-11-06)
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Tamara Walks on Water
(As a child, Tamara loves stories and is constantly asking...)
As a child, Tamara loves stories and is constantly asking questions of those around her. However no one ever seems to give Tamara the whole story, so instead she must piece together the various narratives herself in what becomes a lifelong attempt to unravel the hidden secrets of her family history.
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Four Mothers
( Is there really such a thing as a family curse? The ta...)
Is there really such a thing as a family curse? The tale of Four Mothers captivates readers with fantastic characters, magical events, foreign colors and scents while telling the story of a dynasty of women cursed to raise their daughters on their own. This is a vibrant first person recounting of matriarchal dynasty with rich strong women who pass their material and spiritual legacy on from one generation to the next. The last woman in the line, Amal, documents the wisdom of her female predecessors from the beginning of memory. The family has known riches and fame as well as poverty and bad fortune, but women have always survived, and prospered. The epic drama echoes the wondrous realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and demonstrates a talent for lavish details. The realistic yet fantastic style and story question the cultural inferiority and oppression of women as well as the role of the family curse within contemporary Israeli society. The story depicts Jerusalem from the end of the 19th century to present day, covering the Turkish and British rule over the ancient city. At the same time it presents an alternative, personal perspective to the history of Jerusalem over the past century. The colorful and rich work presents a precise historiography of the period from woman’s viewpoint. Four Mother has been awarded several prizes.
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Shalom Japan: A Sabra's Five Years in the Land of the Rising Sun
(When Shifra Horn traveled across the world from her nativ...)
When Shifra Horn traveled across the world from her native Israel to join her diplomat husband in Japan for a five-year stay, East met West in remarkable and often humorous ways. Writing with warmth, charm, and unflagging humor, Shalom, Japan offers a window into Japanese daily life and culture and captures the many moods and unique spirit of Japan. of photos.
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The Fairest Among Women
(A second Israeli bestseller from Shifra Horn, The Fairest...)
A second Israeli bestseller from Shifra Horn, The Fairest Among Women, tells the life story of Rosa, fabled to be the most beautiful woman in all Jerusalem. Rosa's life coincides with the fifty years of the state of Israel--she was born during the War of Independence in the 1940s and disappears on a cold winter night in the 1990s--and her absorbing tale is part history, part fairy tale, and part legend. The novel combines generational family stories with folklore and magical realism into a unique literary accomplishment.
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The Fairest Among Women
(Rosa's start in life is far from auspicious; born only a ...)
Rosa's start in life is far from auspicious; born only a few days after her father's brutal murder, her first childhood experiences take place against a sound-track of shells and guns. She remembers finding her new home in West Jerusalem so recently vacated by its former Arab owners that there is still a meal on the table. Given a china doll left behind by the previous occupants, she becomes haunted by thoughts of the little girl whose place she has usurped. But her mother is determined that her baby daughter will want for nothing. Rosa grows up to be a voluptuous beauty with a voracious appetite for all sensual pleasures. Though a childhood prophesy leads her to believe that she will have four husbands, nothing prepares her for the extraordinary and remarkably diverse life she is to lead.
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Shifra Horn
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Education
Horn also studied mass communications and completed a teaching degree.
Career
She lives in the Old Malcha neighbourhood of Jerusalem and in Auckland New Zealand. After majoring in Bible Studies and Archeology - Bachelor (Honours)- at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, she earned an Master of Arts in Bible Studies. Horn worked as an educational officer for the World Union of Jewish Students, and helped to organize the airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
Horn also participated in the campaign to free Soviet and Syrian Jews, producing films and written material.
In the course of her work with Jewish students from oppressed communities around the world, she discovered a village of Jewish Marranos who had kept their Jewish identity secret for over 500 years. Horn was a spokesperson for the Israel Absorption Ministry until her departure for Japan, where she served as Far East correspondent for the Israel Defense Forces Radio station and Ma"ariv daily newspaper for five years.
Horn worked as the director of the Tokyo Jewish Community Center and taught Bible Studies and Hebrew at the Bible College in Ginza, Tokyo. Upon her return to Jerusalem, she opened a public relations firm, and lectured on Japan and literary topics.
Her books have been translated from Hebrew into English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Greek, Mandarin and Turkish.
Achievements
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Horn won the Israeli WIZO Prize for Literature (1997) and the Israeli Publishers' Association"s Gold and Platinum Book Prizes for all five of her bestselling novels. She won the Globes Financial Newspaper prize "Literary Woman of the Year" 2002, and received the Prime Minister"s Prize (2005) and the Brenner Prize (2006). In addition Shifra Horn won the French WIZO Literary Prize and the Italian ADEI WIZO Prize for the novel " Ode to Joy " Her latest novel "Promenade A Deux" has been received with much critical acclaim and won the culture minister award.
Works
book
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Four Mothers
( Is there really such a thing as a family curse? The ta...)
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The Fairest Among Women
(Rosa's start in life is far from auspicious; born only a ...)
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Shalom Japan: A Sabra's Five Years in the Land of the Rising Sun
(When Shifra Horn traveled across the world from her nativ...)
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The Fairest Among Women
(A second Israeli bestseller from Shifra Horn, The Fairest...)
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Tamara Walks on Water
(As a child, Tamara loves stories and is constantly asking...)
- The Fairest Among Women (Us) by Shifra Horn (2001-07-01)
- Ode to Joy by Shifra Horn (2006-02-02)
- Shalom, Japan: A Sabra's Five Years in the Land of the Rising Sun by Shifra Horn (1996-11-06)
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Four Mothers
Awards
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the Brenner Prize; the Globes Financial Newspaper prize Horn won the Israeli WIZO Prize for Literature (1997) and the Israeli Publishers' Association's Gold and Platinum Book Prizes for all five of her bestselling novels. She won the Globes Financial Newspaper prize "Literary Woman of the Year" 2002, and received the Prime Minister's Prize (2005) and the Brenner Prize (2006). In addition Shifra Horn won the French WIZO Literary Prize and the Italian ADEI WIZO Prize for the novel " Ode to Joy " Her latest novel "Promenade A Deux" has been received with much critical acclaim and won the culture minister award.the Brenner Prize; the Globes Financial Newspaper prize Horn won the Israeli WIZO Prize for Literature (1997) and the Israeli Publishers' Association's Gold and Platinum Book Prizes for all five of her bestselling novels. She won the Globes Financial Newspaper prize "Literary Woman of the Year" 2002, and received the Prime Minister's Prize (2005) and the Brenner Prize (2006). In addition Shifra Horn won the French WIZO Literary Prize and the Italian ADEI WIZO Prize for the novel " Ode to Joy " Her latest novel "Promenade A Deux" has been received with much critical acclaim and won the culture minister award.
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the Brenner Prize; the Globes Financial Newspaper prize Horn won the Israeli WIZO Prize for Literature (1997) and the Israeli Publishers' Association's Gold and Platinum Book Prizes for all five of her bestselling novels. She won the Globes Financial Newspaper prize "Literary Woman of the Year" 2002, and received the Prime Minister's Prize (2005) and the Brenner Prize (2006). In addition Shifra Horn won the French WIZO Literary Prize and the Italian ADEI WIZO Prize for the novel " Ode to Joy " Her latest novel "Promenade A Deux" has been received with much critical acclaim and won the culture minister award.the Brenner Prize; the Globes Financial Newspaper prize Horn won the Israeli WIZO Prize for Literature (1997) and the Israeli Publishers' Association's Gold and Platinum Book Prizes for all five of her bestselling novels. She won the Globes Financial Newspaper prize "Literary Woman of the Year" 2002, and received the Prime Minister's Prize (2005) and the Brenner Prize (2006). In addition Shifra Horn won the French WIZO Literary Prize and the Italian ADEI WIZO Prize for the novel " Ode to Joy " Her latest novel "Promenade A Deux" has been received with much critical acclaim and won the culture minister award.