{{Short description|Israeli author}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Esther Peled | native_name = אסתר פלד | native_name_lang = Hebrew | birth_place = Israel | occupation = Writer and a psychologist }}
'''Esther Peled''' ({{langx|he|אסתר פלד}}) is an Israeli writer and a psychologist.<ref name=lex>[https://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/02550.php "Esther Peled], ''Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature''</ref>
She was born and lives in Israel. When doing her B.S. degree in literature and psychology she had courses in haiku and Zen buddhism, which made an impact on her work and writings, although she does not identify herself as a Buddhist. She earned M.S. in clinical psychology and Ph.D. in philosophy.<ref name=clr/>
==Works== *2017:''Widely Open Underneath'' ({{langx|he|פתח גדול מלמטה}}), a book of short stories. Taken together, they tell a larger story of the life of a woman from a small community.<ref name=Izikovich/> *2012: ''The Clear Light of Reality'' ({{langx|he|לאורה הצח של המציאות}}), twelve short stories, the first book of prose. The stories of the book are "laden with human grief (in love, parting, longing, loneliness, betrayal, anger)", and only the last one suggests some hope.<ref name=clr>Mia Sela, [https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/literature/1.1859233 על הספה הבודהיסטית של אסתי פלד], an interview about the book ''The Fresh Light of Reality'' and of psychology, ''Ha'aretz'', November 29, 2012</ref><ref>[https://www.text.org.il/index.php?book=1201113 About the book ''The Clear Light of Reality'']</ref> She also published several books in psychotherapy, including, *2005: פסיכואנליזה ובודהיזם : על היכולת האנושית לדעת (''Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: About the Capacity to Know'') *2007: להרבות טוב בעולם: בודהיזם, מדיטציה פסיכותרפיה (''To multiply good in the world: Buddhism, Meditation, Psychotherapy'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-20 |title=זכויות המאושפז בבית אבות סיעודי - אימגו מגזין - דעות, חינוך , כלכלה, יהדות |url=https://www.e-mago.co.il/professional-12635.htm |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=אימגו |language=he-IL}}</ref> *2022 פתיחות מלאה וספק: שיחות על פסיכותרפיה ודת (''Full openness and doubt: Talks on Psychotherapy and Religion'')
==Awards== *2017: Sapir Prize for Literature, for ''Widely Open Underneath'' <ref name=Izikovich>{{cite web |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/esther-peled-wins-sapir-prize-for-literature-for-short-stories-book-1.5751782 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123013854/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/esther-peled-wins-sapir-prize-for-literature-for-short-stories-book-1.5751782 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |title=Esther Peled Wins Sapir Prize for Literature for Book of Short Stories |work=Haaretz |author=Gili Izikovich |date=January 23, 2018 |access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{wikiquote|he:אסתר פלד|Esther Peled}} {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.hebpsy.net/blog.asp?id=21 אסתי פלד: לא ערוך], Estreh Peled's blog
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