Ronit Matalon

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. She was a resident of Haifa and taught literature at the University of Haifa. She also taught at the Camera Obscura school for the Arts in Tel Aviv. 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. ==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". • 2010 – Neuman prize, a literary prize given by Bar-Ilan University. • 2010 – Honorary Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on June 6, 2010 for her contributions to literature and for her social activism. • 2016 – The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture (in Hebrew literature) • 2017 – Brenner Prize for her novel, And the Bride Closed the Door (2016) ==Novels==

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) • Uncover Her Face (2005) • The Sound of Our Steps (2008) • And the Bride Closed the Door (2016) Keter ==Articles==

• "Weddings and Anti-Weddings", Haaretz, 2008 ==References==