Mira Magen (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: מירה מגן; born 1950) is an Israeli author writing in Hebrew, her books were translated to German, French and Italian.

Biography

Magen was born in

Kfar Saba Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba i ...

, Israel to an orthodox Jewish family.Mira Magen
''The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature'' She served in

Nahal Nahal ( he, נח"ל) (acronym of ''Noar Halutzi Lohem'', lit. Fighting Pioneer Youth) is a program that combines military service with mostly social welfare and informal education projects such as youth movement activities, as well as training ...

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

, and there she met her husband, Shayke Magen.Mira Magen
''Modern Hebrew Literature'' (Hebrew) She worked as a teacher for a couple of years.Mira Magen
''The Short Story Project'' She studied psychology and sociology in

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...

. Worked some years at

Bituah Leumi Bituah Leumi ( he, המוסד לביטוח לאומי, ''HaMossad LeVituach Leumi'', the National Insurance Institute of Israel) is Israel's national social security agency. It was established on 1 April 1954. Poverty In January 2021 it published ...

- Israel's national

social security Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specificall ...

agency. Afterwards she learned nursing and worked as a nurse in

Hadassah Medical Center Hadassah Medical Center ( he, הָמֶרְכָּז הָרְפוּאִי הֲדַסָּה) is an Israeli medical organization established in 1934 that operates two university hospitals in Jerusalem – one in Ein Karem and one in Mount Scopus –, ...

Mount Scopus Mount Scopus ( he, הַר הַצּוֹפִים ', "Mount of the Watchmen/ Sentinels"; ar, جبل المشارف ', lit. "Mount Lookout", or ' "Mount of the Scene/Burial Site", or ) is a mountain (elevation: above sea level) in northeast Je ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. In the early 1990s, while still working as a nurse, she began writing short stories. Her first book, ''Well Buttoned-Up'' - a collection of her short stories, was published in 1994. The book was translated from Hebrew to German on 1997. In 1998 she won Olschwung Foundation Award for this book.בשוכבי ובקומי אישה
''Keter Books'' Her second book, ''Do Not Strike the Wall'', was published in Hebrew in 1997, and a translation to German was published in 2001. Her third book, ''Love, After All'', was published in Hebrew in 2000, and translated to German in 2004. Her fourth book, ''Brother and Sister'', was published in Hebrew in 2000. Her fifth book, ''Her Angels Have All Fallen Asleep'', was published in Hebrew in 2003, and translated to German in 2006. In 2005 she was awarded the Israeli Prime Minister's Prize. Her sixth book, ''The Glass Butterfly'', was published in 2005 in Hebrew, in 2007 in German and in 2008 in French. Her seventh book, ''Time Will Tell'', was published in 2008 in Hebrew, in 2010 in German and French and in 2015 in Italian. Her eighth book, ''Vodka and Bread'', was published in Hebrew in 2010, and in German in 2012. Her ninth book, ''The Bluest Eyes'', was published in Hebrew in 2012, and in German in 2017. Her tenth book, ''The Carpenter's Sister'', was published in 2015 in Hebrew, in 2017 in French and in 2018 in German. Her eleventh book, ''Michaela'', was published in 2018 in Hebrew.

References

{{Authority control Israeli women novelists Israeli novelists Israeli women short story writers Israeli short story writers 20th-century Israeli women writers 20th-century Israeli writers 21st-century Israeli women writers 21st-century Israeli writers Recipients of Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works