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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anat_Gov > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anat_Gov.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anat_Gov > Source revision: 1357094987 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Israeli screenwriter and playwright (1953-2012)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Anat Gov | native_name = ענת גוב | native_name_lang = Hebrew | image = File:Anat gov.png | caption = Gov attending the funeral service of [Eli Mohar](/source/Eli_Mohar) in 2006 | birth_name = Anat Miber | birth_date = {{birth date|1953|12|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Tiberias](/source/Tiberias), [Israel](/source/Israel) | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|9|1953|12|13|df=yes}} | death_place = [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), Israel | occupation = {{hlist|Playwright|screenwriter|publicist|translator}} | yearsactive = 1972–2012 | other_names = | relatives = | children = 3 | parents = | spouse = {{marriage|[Gidi Gov](/source/Gidi_Gov)|1977}} }} '''Anat Gov''' ({{langx|he|ענת גוב}}{{lrm}}; 13 December 1953 – 9 December 2012) was an Israeli screenwriter and playwright.[https://www.ishim.co.il/p.php?s=ענת+גוב Anat Gov’s filmography] (in Hebrew) ==Biography== Born in Tiberias,{{Cite news |last=Shohat |first=Zipi |date=10 December 2012 |title=Israeli Playwright Anat Gov Succumbs to Cancer at Age 59 |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2012-12-10/ty-article/.premium/israeli-playwright-anat-gov-dies-aged-59/0000017f-eefa-ddba-a37f-eefe22b80001 |access-date=11 April 2022}} Gov moved to Tel Aviv with her family when she was three years old. She graduated from Thelma Yellin High School of Arts with a degree in theater. In the early 970s, she joined the [IDF](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces)’s [military entertainment troupe](/source/Israeli_military_ensembles), where she met her husband-to-be, [Gidi Gov](/source/Gidi_Gov). Gov later studied for a year at the theater department of [Tel Aviv University](/source/Tel_Aviv_University) followed by a short career as a stage actress, which she left after appearing in one play. Gov found professional success as a writer. As a screenwriter, she wrote for television shows such as ''[Zehu Ze!](/source/Zehu_Ze!)'' She also wrote the screenplay for her husband's satirical late-night show. As a playwright, many of the plays Gov wrote were brought to some of Israel's prominent theaters, such as [Cameri Theater](/source/Cameri_Theater) in Tel Aviv. She was also responsible for the Hebrew translation of international plays such as ''[Via Dolorosa](/source/Via_Dolorosa)'' and ''[Mother Courage and Her Children](/source/Mother_Courage_and_Her_Children).''{{Cite web |title=Theater Review: Mother Courage and her Children By Bertolt Brecht; translated by Anat Gov; directed by Udi Ben Moshe Cameri Theater, October 29. |date=6 November 2013 |url=https://www.jpost.com/arts-and-culture/arts/theater-review-mother-courage-and-her-children-330808 }} Gov's most famous play, however, was 2011's ''Happy End,'' which explores the central protagonist's battle with cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/theater/performance/1.3306059 |title="סוף טוב": לדבר על סרטן ולא להגיד עליו כלום |date=28 June 2011 |publisher=Haaretz|language=he|access-date=10 October 2020}} In 2012, she received the Rosenblum Prize for the Performing Arts. === Political views === Gov was well known for her outspoken [left-wing](/source/Left-wing_politics) views and her support for [Zionism](/source/Zionism). She became vocal in her political views following [Yitzhak Rabin's assassination](/source/Assassination_of_Yitzhak_Rabin). Her most notable comment was when she stated that the [Six-Day War](/source/Six-Day_War) was not truly over.[https://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/2006-05-26/ty-article/0000017f-f364-df98-a5ff-f3ed194b0000 כמה טוב להיות ענת גוב] (in Hebrew) ===Personal life=== Gov was married to the singer [Gidi Gov](/source/Gidi_Gov) from 1977 until her death in 2012; they had three children and, at the time of her death, two grandchildren. They lived in [Ramat HaSharon](/source/Ramat_HaSharon). She was outspoken about her own cancer diagnosis, and expressed her wish that society and the media spoke more openly and with less fear about cancer, and death in general. ==Death and legacy== Gov died in Tel Aviv following a long struggle with [colorectal cancer](/source/colorectal_cancer) on December 9, 2012, four days before her 59th birthday.{{cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4317389,00.html |title= המחזאית ענת גוב הלכה לעולמה |date=9 December 2012 |publisher=Ynet|language=he|access-date=10 October 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-playwright-laid-to-rest-amid-tears-and-laughter/ |title=Israeli playwright laid to rest amid tears and laughter |date=10 December 2012 |publisher=The Times of Israel|language=en|access-date=10 October 2020}} Her obituary in ''[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz)'' likened her minute preparations for her own death and funeral to those of the protagonist in her play ''Happy End.'' She was buried at Menucha Nechona Cemetery in [Kfar Saba](/source/Kfar_Saba), accompanied by [Monty Python](/source/Monty_Python)'s satirical song "[Always Look on the Bright Side of Life](/source/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life)". More than 1,000 mourners attended her funeral, including [Tzipi Livni](/source/Tzipi_Livni), [Shelly Yachimovich](/source/Shelly_Yachimovich), and [Mickey Rosenthal](/source/Mickey_Rosenthal). At the funeral, her husband also recounted condolences from then-[President](/source/President_of_Israel) [Shimon Peres](/source/Shimon_Peres) by letter and from then-[Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Israel) [Benjamin Netanyahu](/source/Benjamin_Netanyahu) by phone. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category-inline}} *{{IMDb name|nm0332806|Anat Gov}} *{{discogs artist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gov, Anat}} Category:1953 births Category:2012 deaths Category:People from Tiberias Category:Thelma Yellin High School of Arts alumni Category:Tel Aviv University alumni Category:Jewish women dramatists and playwrights Category:Jewish women screenwriters Category:Jewish Israeli dramatists and playwrights Category:Jewish Israeli screenwriters Category:Jewish Israeli actresses Category:Israeli women dramatists and playwrights Category:Israeli women screenwriters Category:Israeli stage actresses Category:Israeli television writers Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer in Israel Category:Burials at Menucha Nechona Cemetery Category:20th-century Israeli women writers Category:21st-century Israeli women writers Category:20th-century Israeli screenwriters Category:21st-century Israeli screenwriters Category:20th-century Israeli dramatists and playwrights Category:21st-century Israeli dramatists and playwrights Category:20th-century Israeli translators Category:21st-century Israeli translators Category:20th-century Israeli Jews Category:21st-century Israeli Jews --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anat Gov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anat_Gov) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anat_Gov?action=history)). 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