Yael Renan
Yael Renan | |
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| Born | Yael Renan 17 January 1947 |
| Died | 2 August 2020 (aged 73) Tel Aviv |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation(s) | writer and translator |
Yael Renan (17 January 1947 – 2 August 2020) (Hebrew: יעל רנן) was an Israeli writer and translator.[1]
Biography[edit]
Renan was born and grew up in Tel Aviv and attended Tel Aviv University, where she received a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a doctorate in English literature in 1978, for her work on "Figurative Language in the Prose of Modernism". She was a senior lecturer in the Department of English Literature at Tel Aviv University until her retirement in 2007, and also volunteered in the Department of Women's Studies.[2]
The highlight of her work as a translator was the translation of James Joyce's book, Ulysses, a book of about 900 pages. Renan began translating at the age of 25, and finished translating the book after 12 years in 1985.[2]
Renan was active in the Kav LaOved association, a non-profit association acting to protect the rights of disadvantaged workers.[2]
She died on 2 August 2020 in Tel Aviv.[1]
Awards[edit]
Renan received the Tchernichovsky Prize for Translation in 1994.[2]
Literary works[edit]
Among Renan's notable works are the following (in Hebrew):
- Laughter in the Dark - A Look at Modern Literature, Adam Publishing, Tel Aviv, 1986
- Laughing at God, Modan Publishing, Tel Aviv, 1996 ( with Eli Tammuz)
- Goddesses and Heroes - Myths on the Boundaries of Power, published by Am Oved, Tel Aviv, 2001
- The Poisoned Apple - The Heroine in European Legends, United Kibbutz Publishing, Bnei Brak, 2007
- Imagination and the Mind, New World Publishing, Tel Aviv, 2014
Translations[edit]
Notable authors and works translated into Hebrew by Renan include the following:
- Jean-Paul Sartre, The Transcendence of the Ego
- James Joyce, Ulysses
- Samuel Beckett, Endgame
- Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
- Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms
References[edit]
- ^ a b "ד"ר יעל רנן ז"ל | הארץ, מנוחה | 03.08.20". August 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Izikovitch, Gili (3 Aug 2020). "חוקרת הספרות ד"ר יעל רנן שתרגמה את "יוליסס" מתה בגיל 73 - ספרות" [Literary scholar Dr. Yael Renan, who translated "Ulysses", has died at the age of 73]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 Dec 2020.
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