Jessica Cohen (; born 1973) is a British-Israeli-American literary translator. Her translation of

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's 2014 novel '' A Horse Walks Into a Bar'' was awarded the 2017

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Biography

Cohen was born in

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, England to Stanley Cohen and Ruth Kretzmer in 1973. She moved with her family to Israel at the age of seven and went on to study English literature at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. After moving to the United States with her husband in 1997, she studied Middle Eastern literature and languages at

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. Cohen has translated a number of Hebrew language books into English, including those by Nir Baram,

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and

Nava Semel Nava Semel ( he, נאוה סמל; September 15, 1954 – December 2, 2017) was an Israeli author, playwright, screenwriter and translator. Her short story collection ''Kova Zekhukhit '' (''Hat of Glass'') was the first work of fiction published in ...

. She currently resides in

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. At the awards ceremony for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize, Cohen announced that she would donate half of her share of the winnings to

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Translations

*''

To the End of the Land ''To the End of the Land'' (original Hebrew title "Isha Borachat Mi’bsora" – "A Woman Flees a Message") is a 2008 novel by Israeli writer David Grossman depicting the emotional strains that family members of soldiers experience when their ...

'', David Grossman (2010) *''Falling Out of Time'', David Grossman (2014) *'' A Horse Walks into a Bar'', David Grossman (2017) *'' All the Rivers'',

(2017) *''At Night's End'', Nir Baram (2018) *''Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land'',

Amos Oz Amos Oz ( he, עמוס עוז; born Amos Klausner; 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onw ...

(2018) *''And the Bride Closed the Door'',

Ronit Matalon Ronit Matalon ( he, רונית מטלון; May 25, 1959 – December 28, 2017) was an Israeli fiction writer. Biography Ronit Matalon was born in Ganei Tikva, Israel, the daughter of Egyptian Jewish immigrants. Matalon studied literature and ph ...

(2019) *''Further Up the Path'', Daniel Oz (2019) *''The Drive'', Yair Assulin (2020) *''Selected Plays, I, II, III'',

Hanoch Levin Hanoch Levin ( he, חנוך לוין; December 18, 1943 – August 18, 1999) was an Israeli dramatist, theater director, author and poet, best known for his plays. His absurdist style is often compared to the work of Harold Pinter and Samuel Bec ...

(2020) *''Three'',

Dror Mishani Dror Mishani ( he, דרור משעני; born 23 June 1975) is an Israeli crime writer, translator and literary scholar, specializing in the history of detective fiction. His series of crime fiction, featuring police inspector Avraham Avraham, wa ...

(2020) *''More Than I Love My Life'', David Grossman (2021)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Jessica 1973 births Living people British emigrants to Israel Israeli Jews Hebrew–English translators Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Indiana University Bloomington alumni Israeli emigrants to the United States Literary translators International Booker Prize winners People from Colchester People from Denver People from Jerusalem