- Eshkol Nevo
Infobox Person
name = Eshkol Nevo Amichai
image_size = 200px
caption = Eshkol Nevo, 2001, photo by Moti Kikayon
birth_date =1971
birth_place =Jerusalem ,Israel
death_date =
death_place =Eshkol Nevo (Born
1971 ,2000 , Hebrew: אשכול נבו) is anIsraeli writer has published a collection of short stories, a non-fiction book and two novels and his novel, Homesick, was awarded the Book Publishers Association`s Gold Prize (2005) and the FFI-Raymond Wallier Prize at the Salon du Livre (Paris, 2008).Life and career
Eshkol Nevo grew up in various places in
Israel andDetroit . He is related toLevi Eshkol , the late third Prime Minister of Israel.He studied copywriting at the Tirza Granot School and psychology at
Tel Aviv University .He teaches creative writing and thinking at the
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design ,Tel Aviv University , Sapir College and the Open University.Works in Hebrew
*Bed & Breakfast (stories), Zmora Bitan, 2001 [Zimmer Be-Givataim]
*The Breaking Up Manual (non fiction), Zmora Bitan, 2002 [Nifradnu Trach]
*Homesick (novel), Zmora Bitan, 2004 [Arbaa Batim Ve-Gaagua]
*World Cup Wishes (novel), Kinneret/Zmora-Bitan/ Dvir, SBN 9655172740 (965-517-274-0), 2007 [Mishala Achat Yamina]Works in English
*Homesick, Random House, Hardcover, ISBN 0099507676 (0-09-950767-6), Paperback, ISBN 0701181281 (0-7011-8128-1), April 1 2008, translated by Sondra Silverston(Homesick was published in France in January 2008 by Gallimard)(Homesick was published in Germany: Vier Häuser und eine Sehnsucht, premium: Band 24564, Paperback, ISBN 3423245646 (3-423-24564-6)
External links
*http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=401
*http://www.ithl.org.il/book_info.asp?id=1012
*http://www.ithl.org.il/book_info.asp?id=1151
*http://www.ujia.org/jlec/goats-and-apples/1084/eshkol-nevo-homesick
*http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3531987,00.html (Addicted to the Palestinians, article written by Eshkol Nevo)
*http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFA+events/Around+the+world/France%20Israel%20Foundation%20bestows%20prizes%20on%20Israeli%20author%20and%20scientists%2010-Mar-2008 (Writer Eshkol Nevo and two Technion scientists to receive France-Israel Foundation prizes)
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