Lit in Translation

Michal Ben-Naftali

מיכל בן-נפתלי

Born 1963 · Israel

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Sapir 2019 · Shortlist

    בגד מאש

    Beged me-esh

    Title translated by AI:“A Dress of Fire”

    Michal Ben-Naftali · 56 when first published

    Novella · 176 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:Two novellas of love between women: a Jerusalem student is drawn to a charismatic woman who is losing her sight and hires her to read aloud, and a woman has herself admitted to care together with her mother, who has dementia.

  • In English

    Sapir 2016 · Winner

    The Teacher

    המורה · Ha-morah

    Michal Ben-Naftali · 52 when first published

    Novel · 184 pages · Historical

    AI-generated summary:Thirty years after her stern, solitary English teacher, Elsa Weiss, jumped to her death from the roof of her building, a former pupil sets out to learn who she was and what she had been teaching.