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Evan Fallenberg (* 8. August 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Übersetzer.

Leben

Fallenberg studierte an der Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. und in der Schweiz. Er erreichte einen BSFS in Diplomatie an der School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Zudem erhielt er einen M.F.A. in Kreativen Schreiben am Vermont College of Fine Arts in Vermont. Fallenberg lehrt an der Bar-Ilan-Universität in Ramat Gan. Er wohnt in Akkon, Israel.[1]

Werke (Auswahl)

Romane

• The Parting Gift, New York : Other Press, 2018. ISBN 9781590519431, OCLC 1016377533
• Light Fell New York: Soho, 2008. ISBN 9781569475362, OCLC 216936811 [2]
• When We Danced on Water, New York: Harper Perennial, 2011. ISBN 9780062033321, OCLC 670476288[3]

Übersetzte Werke

• Mishka Ben David, Duet in Beirut (Overlook Press, 2015)[4]
• Meir Shalev, My Russian Grandmother’s American Vacuum Cleaner (Pantheon, 2011)[5]
• Meir Shalev, A Pigeon and a Boy (Schocken, 2007);[6] winner of the National Jewish Book Award and a PEN Translation Prize (runner up)
• Ron Leshem, Beaufort (US: Delacorte, UK: Harvill Secker, 2008);[7] 2nd Prize, Times Literary Supplement Risa Domb/Porjes Prize for the Translation of Hebrew Literature
• Alon Hilu, Death of a Monk (Harvill Secker/Random House UK, 2006)[8]
• Alon Hilu, The House of Rajani (Harvill Secker/ Random House UK, 2010) 
• Batya Gur, Murder in Jerusalem (HarperCollins, 2006)[9]

Übersetzte Romane

• Gilad Evron, The Falcon (Granta, 2005)[10]

Übersetzte Sachbücher

• Yair Lapid, Memories After My Death (E&T Books, 2010)[11]

Übersetzte Werke

• Hanoch Levin, The Thin Soldier (2019, gemeinsam mit Jessica Cohen)
• Hanoch Levin, The Child Dreams (2019, gemeinsam mit Jessica Cohen)
• Hanoch Levin, The Lamenters (2019, gemeinsam mit Jessica Cohen)
• Hanoch Levin, Walkers in the Dark (2019, gemeinsam mit Jessica Cohen)
• Hanoch Levin, Krum (2019, gemeinsam mit Jessica Cohen)
• Gilad Evron, Only Language Remains (2007)[10]
• Gilad Evron, Ulysses on Bottles (2010)[12]
• Roni Pinkovitch, Tea (2007)[10]
• Roi Rashkes, Moving (2006)[10]

Übersetzte Bühnenstücke

• Savi Gabizon, Longing (2012)[10]
• Adir Miller, House of Brown (2013)[10]
• Reshef Levi, Hunting Elephants; The Arbitrator (2014)[10]

Übersetzte Libretti

• Yonatan Levi, The Sleeping Thousand (2018)
• Lior Navok, The Little Mermaid (2008)[10]
• Lior Navok, Pinocchio (2009)[10]

Auszeichnungen und Preise (Auswahl)

• Stonewall Book Award
• American Library Association's Barbara Gittings Stonewall Book Award for Literature
• Edmund White Award für Debut Fiction; the National Jewish Book Award in fiction
• Lambda Literary Award für Debut Fiction
• Samuel Goldberg Foundation Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers
• Harold U. Ribalow Award
• PEN Translation Prize
• Times Literary Supplement of London Risa Domb/Porjes Prize for Translation of Hebrew Literature

Weblinks

• Literatur von und über Evan Fallenberg in der bibliografischen Datenbank WorldCat
• Bar-Ilan-Universität: Evan Fallenberg

Einzelnachweise

1. Jerusalem Post: Ancient Acre hotel ripped apart in hateful riots , 17. Mai 2021
2. Fiction Book Review: Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg, Author . Soho $22 (229p) ISBN 978-1-56947-467-9.
3. Fiction Book Review: When We Danced on Water by Evan Fallenberg. Harper Perennial, $14.99 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-203332-1.
4. Fiction Book Review: Duet in Beirut by Mishka Ben-David, trans. from the Hebrew by Evan Fallenberg. Overlook, $26.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4683-1020-7.
5. Nonfiction Book Review: My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir by Meir Shalev, trans. from the Hebrew by Evan Fallenberg. Schocken, $24.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8052-4287-4.
6. Fiction Book Review: A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev, Author, Evan Fallenberg, Translator , trans. from the Hebrew by Evan Fallenberg. Schocken $25 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8052-4251-5.
7. Fiction Book Review: Beaufort by Ron Leshem, Author, Evan Fallenberg, Translator Delacorte Press $24 (368p) ISBN 978-0-553-80682-3.
8. Book Reviews, Bestselling Books & Publishing Business News - Publishers Weekly.
9. Fiction Book Review: Murder in Jerusalem: A Michael Ohayon Mystery by Batya Gur, Author, Evan Fallenberg, Translator , trans. from the Hebrew by Evan Fallenberg. HarperCollins $24.95 (388p) ISBN 978-0-06-085293-1.
10. Fallenberg Evan - Department of English Literature and Linguistics - Bar-Ilan University. In: english.biu.ac.il .
11. Esra Magazine - Memories after my death: The Joseph (Tommy) Lapid Story - A Review. In: esra-magazine.com .
12. Promising debut for Israeli Stage with 'Ulysses on Bottles' - The Boston Globe.

Personendaten
NAME	Fallenberg, Evan
KURZBESCHREIBUNG	US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Übersetzer
GEBURTSDATUM	8. August 1961
GEBURTSORT	Cleveland, Ohio

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Evan Fallenberg (born August 8, 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American-born writer and translator residing in Israel. His debut novel Light Fell, published in 2008, won the Stonewall Book Award[1] and the Edmund White Award, and was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee for Debut Fiction at the 21st Lambda Literary Awards.[2] His second novel, When We Danced on Water, was published in 2011 by HarperPerennial, and his third, The Parting Gift, by Other Press in 2018.[3] He has also published English translations of several Israeli writers, including Meir Shalev, Hanoch Levin, Ron Leshem and Batya Gur.[4]

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