Shifra Horn
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Shifra Horn lives in Jerusalem and has a BA in Biblical Studies, Archeology and Communication. She is a journalist, lecturer and has worked as a spokesperson for the Ministry of Absorption.
Novels: Four Mothers, the Fairest Among Women, Tamara Walks On Water, Ode to Joy.
Non Fiction: Shalom Japan, Cats, A Love story,The New Zealand Experience.
Childrens Book: The Perfect Pet.
Horn has received many prizes both in Israel and other countries.Among them the Book Publishers Association Golden and Platinum Prizes for all her books, the WIZO -Israel prize and the Prime Minister's Prize for Literature 2004.
In 2006 she was awarded the Brenner Prize in Israel - one of the most prestigious prizes in Israeli literature- for 'Ode to Joy' as well as an important Italian prize (ADEI )for Jewish writers for the same title.
The WIZO FRANCE prize (2008).
Among the University invitations accepted Horn has lectured at University College London , Cambridge University England and Princeton USA. and participated in writers' festivals around the world including Holland, Australia ,USA and New Zealand and has been a featured guest at the Paris and Turin International Book Fairs.
Her books have been translated into English, French, Dutch, German,
Italian, Greek, Estonian, Mandarin and Turkish.
