Ronit Matalon

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'''Ronit Matalon''' ({{langx|he| רונית מטלון}}; May 25, 1959 – December 28, 2017) was an Israeli fiction writer.

==Biography== Ronit Matalon was born in Ganei Tikva, Israel, the daughter of Egyptian Jewish immigrants. Matalon studied literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and worked as a journalist for ''Haaretz'' newspaper, where she covered Gaza and the West Bank between 1987 and 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/04/2.19.04/Matalon.html|title=Israeli novelist Ronit Matalon speaks Feb. 23 on writing, Middle East|first=Linda|last=Myers|publisher =Cornell Chronicle|date=February 19, 2004}}</ref> She was a resident of Haifa and taught literature at the University of Haifa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ithl.org.il/page_14320|title=Ronit Matalon|publisher=The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature}}</ref> She also taught at the Camera Obscura school for the Arts in Tel Aviv.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

Matalon was also a liberal social activist, and participated in demonstrations organized by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. She was a member of the Art and Culture Council of the Ministry of Education, and the Forum for Mediterranean Culture at the Van Leer Institute. In 2003, she was a co-petitioner to the Supreme Court of Israel to investigate the assassination of Salah Shehade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/news/writers-demand-probe-into-civilian-deaths-during-gaza-strike-1.101472|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606213724/http://www.haaretz.com/news/writers-demand-probe-into-civilian-deaths-during-gaza-strike-1.101472|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 6, 2011|title=Writers demand probe into civilian deaths during Gaza strike|first=Lily|last=Galili|date=September 29, 2003|publisher=Haaretz.com}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition== * 1994 – Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works *2009 – Bernstein Prize (original Hebrew novel category), for her novel ''"The Sound of Our Steps"''.<ref name="JP2009">[https://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Books/Article.aspx?id=148862 Matalon and Stav win Bernstein Prize] ''The Jerusalem Post'', July 16, 2009.</ref><ref name="Haaretz2009">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105011741/http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/forget-sapir-give-her-the-bernstein-1.280113 Forget Sapir. Give her the Bernstein], ''Haaretz'', 16 July 2009.</ref> * 2010 – Neuman prize, a literary prize given by Bar-Ilan University.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3862455,00.html|title=Neuman Prize for Literature to Ronit Matalon|first=Meirav|last=Yudelevitch|date=March 14, 2010|newspaper=Ynet|language=Hebrew}}</ref> * 2010 – Honorary Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on June 6, 2010 for her contributions to literature and for her social activism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huji.ac.il/cgi-bin/dovrut/dovrut_search_eng.pl?mesge127557381232688760|title=Hebrew U. honorary doctorate recipients|publisher=The dept. of Media Relations, Hebrew University}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3893578,00.html|title=Honorary PhD to Ronit Matalon|first=Merav|last=Yudelevitch|date=May 24, 2010|newspaper=Ynet|language=Hebrew}}</ref> * 2016 – The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture (in Hebrew literature) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emetprize.org/%D7%94%D7%96%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1/%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9F|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018170225/http://www.emetprize.org/%D7%94%D7%96%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1/%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9F/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 18, 2016|title=Author Ronit Matalon, EMET Prize laureate 2016 in the Culture category, field of Hebrew Literature|publisher=The EMET Prize official website|language=Hebrew}}</ref> * 2017 – Brenner Prize for her novel, ''And the Bride Closed the Door'' (2016) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.831634|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228123619/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.831634|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 28, 2017|title=Ronit Matalon, renowned Israeli author, dies at 58 after battle with cancer|last=Stern|first=Itay|publisher=Haaretz|date=December 28, 2017|access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref>

==Novels== [[File:In the Restaurant by Ruth Zarfati.jpg|thumb|An illustration by Ruth Zarfati for the book ''A Story that Begins with a Snake's Funeral'']]

* ''Strangers at Home'' (1992) * ''A Story that Begins with a Snake's Funeral'' (1994, children's book) * ''The One Facing Us'' (1995) * ''Sarah Sarah'' (2000) * ''Reading and Writing'' (2001) * ''Bliss'' (2003) <ref>{{cite book|last=Matalon |first=Ronit |title=Bliss: A Novel |date= 12 August 2003|publisher=Macmillan |isbn=0805066020 }}</ref> * ''Uncover Her Face'' (2005) * ''The Sound of Our Steps'' (2008)<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.haaretz.com/general/a-beautiful-bildungsroman-1.245067 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100903194230/http://www.haaretz.com/general/a-beautiful-bildungsroman-1.245067 | url-status =dead | archive-date =September 3, 2010 | title =A beautiful bildungsroman | first =Yitzhak | last =Laor | date =May 2, 2008 | publisher =Haaretz.com}} and {{cite web | url =https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/2015-08-13/ty-article/.premium/drama-and-dislocation-in-a-1950s-israeli-transit-camp/0000017f-ef91-dc28-a17f-ffb7203f0000| title =A Drama of Dislocation | first =Benjamin| last =Balint| date =August 13, 2015 | publisher =Haaretz.com}}</ref> * ''And the Bride Closed the Door'' (2016) Keter

==Articles== *"Weddings and Anti-Weddings", ''Haaretz'', 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1025432.html |title=Weddings and anti-weddings - Haaretz - Israel News |accessdate=2008-10-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002114829/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1025432.html |archivedate=2008-10-02 }}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

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