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 short bio 

Assaf Gavron is an acclaimed Israeli writer who has published six novels: Ice, Moving, Almost Dead, Hydromania, The Hilltop, Eighteen Lashes and Don't You Want Me; a novella, Hamelet - The Cement; a collection of short stories, Sex in the Cemetery; and a non-fiction collection of Jerusalem falafel-joint reviews, Eating Standing Up.  His fiction and non-fiction has been translated into 16 languages, adapted for the stage at Israel's national theater, and optioned for movies. He is the recipient of awards in Israel, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.

 

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