Ron Leshem
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Ron Leshem (Hebrew: רון לשם; born December 20, 1976), is an Israeli writer and media professional, and author of the novel Beaufort (2005, original Hebrew If There is a Heaven) for which he won the 2006 Sapir Prize for Literature and the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize for Military Literature. The novel was adapted in 2007 into the successful, Academy Award-nominated Israeli film Beaufort.
[edit] Media career
He served as journalist and editor for Israeli mainstream dailies Yedioth Ahronoth (1998-2002) and Ma'ariv (2002-2006). [1] In 2006 he became deputy director of programming and special projects for Israeli television's Channel 2.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Beaufort, British trade paperback edition. London:Harvill Secker (2008)
[edit] External links
- Ron Leshem bio note at Random House, Inc.
- Ron Leshem [Hebrew]
- Right to left VIVA SARAH PRES 12/28/2006 | Jerusalem Post
- An excerpt from "Beaufort" appears here in English: Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture
- Ron Leshem, Our man in Tehran | Haaretz
