“Separation”: My Journey with Alex

Ruth Almog

1999

“When I get papa out of jail, we’ll join you. We’ll meet at Strasbourg, don’t worry,” Mama said.

When Alex heard about the entire matter, he said: “No, I don’t want to go. I want Mama.”

Alex was very attached to Mama. He was afraid of Papa and Mama was his entire world. He burst into tears and clung to Mama like a leech. “Only with Mama,” he kept…

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Ruth Almog

b. 1936

Israeli writer, critic, and editor Ruth Almog was born in Petaḥ Tikva, the daughter of German immigrants. Her first short story was published in the 1960s in the literature supplement of Haaretz; as an editor of that column, she has been an influential critic. Almog has written dozens of books for adults and children. She was awarded the Brenner Prize (1989), the Agnon Prize (2001), the German Gerty Spies Prize for Literature (2004), and the Bialik Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2006).

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