Shulamit Hareven

Poet, novelist, journalist, translator, and writer for children, Shulamit Hareven was born in Warsaw and immigrated with her parents to Palestine in 1940, settling in Jerusalem. She served in the Haganah and was a medic during the siege of Jerusalem in 1948. Hareven was a founder of the Israel Defense Forces radio broadcasts and a war correspondent during the War of Attrition (1968–1972) and the Yom Kippur War (1973). She reported on social, cultural, and political events and was an active supporter of the Peace Now movement. As a writer, Hareven is best known for her family saga, City of Many Days, and for her novellas on biblical themes.