Naomi Ragen ??

Naomi Ragan ist Amerikanerin, lebt jedoch seit über 25 Jahren in Israel, wo “Das Tagebuch der Hannah Mendes” 90 Wochen auf den Bestsellerlisten stand. Dieses Buch ist das vierte ihrer Romane, die alle auf sehr einfühlsame Weise vom jüdischen Leben erzählen.

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Biographical information

Born in New York in 1949, Naomi Ragen graduated from the Hebrew Institute of Long Island, and went on to study in the ultra Orthodox Sara Schnerir's Hebrew Teacher Seminary in Boro Park. She earned a BA Cum Laude in English with a Concentration in Writing from Brooklyn College. In 1971, she moved to Israel with her husband Alex, settling in Jerusalem. She earned a Master's in English Literature under a full honor's grant from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1977. Before beginning her career as an author, she worked as a free lance writer, appearing in the Jerusalem Post, Hadassah Magazine, and many other periodicals. Her first novel, Jephte's Daughter, was an international bestseller, and has been listed among the 100 most important Jewish books of all time. This was followed by Sotah, her first book to be translated into Hebrew, which spent 92 weeks on the bestseller list. This was followed by four international bestsellers: The Sacrifice of Tamar, The Ghost of Hannah Mendes, Chains Around the Grass and The Covenant. In 2002, Mrs. Ragen was honored by Israeli President Moshe Katzav for outstanding achievement in the field of literature. Her first play, Women's Minyan, is in its third year of nonstop performances at Israel's National Theatre, Habimah.