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'''Noa Yedlin''' (Hebrew: נעה ידלין, born 23 December 1975) is an Israeli writer, columnist and screenwriter. Her books have been translated to several languages and won awards such as the Sapir Prize (2013) and the Israeli Prime Minister Award for authors (2022). Yedlin has published numerous opinion pieces and articles, and has also been a presenter on television and radio. She teaches creative writing and gives lectures throughout the world.
'''Noa Yedlin''' (Hebrew: נעה ידלין, born 23 December 1975) is an Israeli [[writer]], [[columnist]] and [[screenwriter]]. Her books have been translated to several languages and won awards such as the [[Sapir Prize]] (2013)<ref name=Sapir>{{cite news|last1=Kissileff|first1=Beth|url=https://forward.com/schmooze/192348/embezzlement-drama-wins-israels-top-literary-prize|title=Embezzlement Drama Wins Israel’s Top Literary Prize|date=6 February 2014|access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref> and the [[Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works]] (2021).<ref name=PM_Prize>{{citation|title=משרד התרבות והספורט הכריז על הזוכים בפרסי היצירה לסופרים עבריים ע"ש לוי אשכול לשנת 2021 [announcement]|url=https://www.gov.il/he/departments/news/eshkol_award_2021_winners|year=2022|publisher=[[Ministry of Culture and Sport (Israel)|Ministry of Culture and Sport]]|access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref>


Yedlin has published numerous opinion pieces and articles,<ref name=Lexicon>{{cite web| url = https://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon//01898.php| title = Noa Yedlin| editor-last = Galron-Goldschläger| editor-first = Joseph| website = Modern Hebrew Literature - a Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon| language = Hebrew | access-date = 2023-08-01}}</ref> has been a presenter on television and radio, and she teaches creative writing.
Yedlin is also the creator of a two-season TV series based on her bestselling novel Stockholm (the Israeli Best Mini-Series TV Award). A German remake of the series (You Don't Die Among Friends, 2020, VOX, TVNOW) won Best Scripted Format at 2021 International Format Awards and Best European Series at La Rochelle Festival De La Fiction 2021, and a Swedish remake (Finally, SVT Sweden) aired December 2022. Her bestselling novel People Like Us is currently being developed into a TV series in Israel. A stage adaption of House Arrest played at Beit Lessin Theater in Tel Aviv. Her essay, “The Tyranny of Emotion”, was incorporated into the Israeli matriculation language examination.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==


Noa Yedlin was born and raised in Tel Aviv. She studied BA (1996-1999) and MA (2000-2002) in East Asian Studies in The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In the 1990s and up until 2013 she worked as a journalist and senior editor for several Israeli newspapers. She has been teaching creative writing in Israel (Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Beit Ariela central public library in Tel Aviv). She lives in Tel Aviv, married to Doron Nachum and has two children.
Noa Yedlin was born and raised in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]].<ref name=Lexicon/> She studied BA (1996-1999) and MA (2000-2002) in [[East Asian Studies]] in [[The Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].<ref name=Lexicon/> In the 1990s and up until 2013 she worked as a journalist and senior editor for several Israeli newspapers.<ref name=Lexicon/> She has been teaching creative writing in Israel (Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Beit Ariela central public library in Tel Aviv). She lives in Tel Aviv, married to Doron Nachum and has two children.<ref name=Lexicon/>


== Work ==
== Work ==
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== Awards and accolades ==
== Awards and accolades ==


* 2013: ''House Arrest'' won the Israeli Sapir Prize.
* 2013: ''House Arrest'' won the Israeli Sapir Prize.<ref name=Sapir/>


* 2014: A writing grant from “Muza – Encouraging Creativity” in Jerusalem.
* 2014: A writing grant from “Muza – Encouraging Creativity” in Jerusalem.


* 2016: ''Stockholm'' was shortlisted for the Sapir Prize.<ref>{{cite news|last=Zax|first=Talya|date=11 December 2017|title=2018 Sapir Prize Shortlist Includes Novels By Shimon Adaf, Noa Yedlin|url=https://forward.com/culture/389740/2018-sapir-prize-shimon-adaf-noa-yedlin-shortlist|publisher=[[The Forward]]|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref>
* 2016: ''Stockholm'' was shortlisted for the Sapir Prize.


* 2017: The "Am Ha'sefer" grant for translation.
* 2017: The "Am Ha'sefer" grant for translation.
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* ''Unter Freunden Stirbt Man Nicht'', the German adaptation of ''Stockholm'', won Best Scripted Format at 2021 International Format Awards and Best European Series at La Rochelle Festival De La Fiction 2021
* ''Unter Freunden Stirbt Man Nicht'', the German adaptation of ''Stockholm'', won Best Scripted Format at 2021 International Format Awards and Best European Series at La Rochelle Festival De La Fiction 2021


* 2022: Israeli Prime Minister Award for Authors
* 2021: Israeli Prime Minister Award for Authors<ref name=PM_Prize/>

==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* Yuval Avivi, [https://www.nli.org.il/en/visit/events/noa-yedlin “Conversations With Israeli Authors: Noa Yedlin”]. The National Library of Israel, June 19, 2022 (video)
* Yuval Avivi, [https://www.nli.org.il/en/visit/events/noa-yedlin “Conversations With Israeli Authors: Noa Yedlin”]. The National Library of Israel, June 19, 2022 (video)
* Mirsky, Maya (27 February 2019). “[https://jweekly.com/2019/02/27/friendship-calls-from-beyond-the-grave-in-israeli-tv-comedy-stockholm/ Friendship calls from beyond the grave in Israeli TV comedy ‘Stockholm’”]. ''The Jewish News of Northern California''. Retrieved: 27 February 2019.
* Mirsky, Maya (27 February 2019). “[https://jweekly.com/2019/02/27/friendship-calls-from-beyond-the-grave-in-israeli-tv-comedy-stockholm/ Friendship calls from beyond the grave in Israeli TV comedy ‘Stockholm’”]. ''The Jewish News of Northern California''. Retrieved: 27 February 2019.
* Greenspan, Yardenne (6 October 2022). [https://blog.pshares.org/stockholms-exploration-of-mortality “Stockholm’s Exploration of Mortality”]. ''Ploughshares at Emerson College''. Retrieved: 6 October 2022.
* Glassner, Arik (December 2019). [https://arikglasner.com/2021/06/19/in-the-land-of-forbidden-thoughts/ “In the Land of Forbidden Thoughts”]. ''Hashiloach''. Retrieved: December 2019. (on “People Like Us”: Second Reading Yedlin; translation: Avi Woolf)
* Glassner, Arik (December 2019). [https://arikglasner.com/2021/06/19/in-the-land-of-forbidden-thoughts/ “In the Land of Forbidden Thoughts”]. ''Hashiloach''. Retrieved: December 2019. (on “People Like Us”: Second Reading Yedlin; translation: Avi Woolf)
* Zax, Talya. (December 11 2017). [https://forward.com/culture/389740/2018-sapir-prize-shimon-adaf-noa-yedlin-shortlist “2018 Sapir Prize Shortlist Includes Novels By Shimon Adaf, Noa Yedlin”]. ''[[The Forward]]''. Retrieved: December 11 2017.
* Berg, Nancy E., editor. Sokoloff, Naomi B., editor. [https://books.google.co.il/books?id=IyX0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA259&lpg=PA259&dq=noa+yedlin&source=bl&ots=yPDDOhbjL-&sig=ACfU3U2NCcAAJF-QpEwBqGD2xKrNCRU_0w&hl=iw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr7fXAp6T_AhW__rsIHQ_FA6s4ZBDoAXoECB0QAw#v=onepage&q=noa%20yedlin ''Since 1948: Israeli Literature in the Making'']. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2020.
* Berg, Nancy E., editor. Sokoloff, Naomi B., editor. [https://books.google.co.il/books?id=IyX0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA259&lpg=PA259&dq=noa+yedlin&source=bl&ots=yPDDOhbjL-&sig=ACfU3U2NCcAAJF-QpEwBqGD2xKrNCRU_0w&hl=iw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr7fXAp6T_AhW__rsIHQ_FA6s4ZBDoAXoECB0QAw#v=onepage&q=noa%20yedlin ''Since 1948: Israeli Literature in the Making'']. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2020.

* Shani, Ayelett (31 January 2013). [https://www.haaretz.com/2013-01-31/ty-article/.premium/the-lady-of-the-house-bites-off-a-pound-of-flesh/0000017f-f76d-d044-adff-f7fdd9f50000 “The Lady of the House Bites Off a Pound of Flesh”]. ''[[Haaretz]]''. Retrieved: 31 January 2013.
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Noa Yedlin
Born (1975-12-23) December 23, 1975 (age 48)
Tel Aviv, Israel

Noa Yedlin (Hebrew: נעה ידלין, born 23 December 1975) is an Israeli writer, columnist and screenwriter. Her books have been translated to several languages and won awards such as the Sapir Prize (2013)[1] and the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works (2021).[2]

Yedlin has published numerous opinion pieces and articles,[3] has been a presenter on television and radio, and she teaches creative writing.

Biography

Noa Yedlin was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel.[3] She studied BA (1996-1999) and MA (2000-2002) in East Asian Studies in The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[3] In the 1990s and up until 2013 she worked as a journalist and senior editor for several Israeli newspapers.[3] She has been teaching creative writing in Israel (Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Beit Ariela central public library in Tel Aviv). She lives in Tel Aviv, married to Doron Nachum and has two children.[3]

Work

  • The Wrong Book (הספר הלא נכון): novel, Israel: Kinneret Zmora, Dvir, 2022.
  • People Like Us (אנשים כמונו): novel, Israel: Kinneret Zmora, Dvir, 2019. (German: Leute Vie Vir, Kein & Aber, 2021).
  • Stockholm (שטוקהולם): novel, Israel: Kinneret Zmora, Dvir, 2016. (English: Stockholm, HarperVia, 2023; German: Unter Freunden Stirbt Man Nicht, Kein & Aber, 2023).
  • House Arrest (בעלת הבית): novel, Israel: Kinneret Zmora, Dvir, 2013. (Arabic, 2019; Chinese Locus Publishing Company. 2018).
  • Track Changes (חיי מדף): novel, Israel: Kinneret Zmora, Dvir, 2010.
  • You Ask, God Replies ((שאלות קשות לאללה: אתם שואלים, אלוהים משיב): novel, Israel: Hargol/Am Oved, 2005.

Adaptations

  • 2024: People Like Us (Kan 11), tv series, written by Yedlin, based on the novel
  • 2022: Antligen! (SVT Sweden), tv series, a Swedish remake of Stockholm
  • 2021: A stage adaption of House Arrest at Beit Lessin Theater in Tel Aviv, based on the novel
  • 2020: Unter Freunden Stirbt Man Nicht (2020, VOX, TVNOW), a German remake of the series
  • 2020: Stockholm (Kan 11), tv series, written by Yedlin, based on the novel (second season)
  • 2018: Stockholm (Kan 11), mini-series, written by Yedlin, based on the novel (first season)

Awards and accolades

  • 2013: House Arrest won the Israeli Sapir Prize.[1]
  • 2014: A writing grant from “Muza – Encouraging Creativity” in Jerusalem.
  • 2016: Stockholm was shortlisted for the Sapir Prize.[4]
  • 2017: The "Am Ha'sefer" grant for translation.
  • 2022: The Wrong Book was longlisted for the Sapir Prize.
  • 2021: The Art Omi residency for writers
  • Stockholm, the tv series based on the novel, won The Israeli Best Mini-Series TV Award
  • Unter Freunden Stirbt Man Nicht, the German adaptation of Stockholm, won Best Scripted Format at 2021 International Format Awards and Best European Series at La Rochelle Festival De La Fiction 2021
  • 2021: Israeli Prime Minister Award for Authors[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Kissileff, Beth (6 February 2014). "Embezzlement Drama Wins Israel's Top Literary Prize". Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  2. ^ a b משרד התרבות והספורט הכריז על הזוכים בפרסי היצירה לסופרים עבריים ע"ש לוי אשכול לשנת 2021 [announcement], Ministry of Culture and Sport, 2022, retrieved 2023-08-01
  3. ^ a b c d e Galron-Goldschläger, Joseph (ed.). "Noa Yedlin". Modern Hebrew Literature - a Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  4. ^ Zax, Talya (11 December 2017). "2018 Sapir Prize Shortlist Includes Novels By Shimon Adaf, Noa Yedlin". The Forward. Retrieved 2017-12-11.


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