Youval Shimoni Author

Youval Shimoni was born in Jerusalem in 1955. He studied cinema at Tel Aviv University and first began publishing fiction in 1990. Shimoni is a senior editor at Am Oved publishers; he also teaches creative writing at Tel Aviv and Haifa Universities. He has been awarded the Bernstein Prize (2001) and the Prime Minister’s Prize (2005).

Born in South Africa, Michael Sharp currently lives in Israel where he produces radio programs for Israel Radio. A Room is his first translation.