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Dvora Waysman is an Australian- Israeli author.
Dorothy Opas (later Dvora Waysman) was born in Melbourne, Victoria. She made aliyah to Israel in 1971 with her husband and four children. [1] The family settled in Jerusalem.
Her writings are syndicated worldwide in over 20 publications. [2] Waysman is a contributor to The Jewish Press. Her topics include travel-related, family life experiences and Jewish holidays. Examples from her knowledge of Jewish History are often part of what she writes. [3] Waysman has taught creative writing and journalism for three decades. [4]
Waysman's novel The Pomegranate Pendant was made into a movie in 2009. [5] It premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival in 2012. [6]
Waysman was the 1981 [7] recipient of the "For Jerusalem" citation for her fiction, poems and features about the city of Jerusalem, and has won the Seeff Award for Best Foreign Correspondent in 1988. [8] In 2014, the movie based on her book, The Golden Pomegranate, won the Shabazi Prize for Literature and Art. [6]
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This article's
lead section may be too short to adequately
summarize the key points. (September 2018) |
Dvora Waysman is an Australian- Israeli author.
Dorothy Opas (later Dvora Waysman) was born in Melbourne, Victoria. She made aliyah to Israel in 1971 with her husband and four children. [1] The family settled in Jerusalem.
Her writings are syndicated worldwide in over 20 publications. [2] Waysman is a contributor to The Jewish Press. Her topics include travel-related, family life experiences and Jewish holidays. Examples from her knowledge of Jewish History are often part of what she writes. [3] Waysman has taught creative writing and journalism for three decades. [4]
Waysman's novel The Pomegranate Pendant was made into a movie in 2009. [5] It premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival in 2012. [6]
Waysman was the 1981 [7] recipient of the "For Jerusalem" citation for her fiction, poems and features about the city of Jerusalem, and has won the Seeff Award for Best Foreign Correspondent in 1988. [8] In 2014, the movie based on her book, The Golden Pomegranate, won the Shabazi Prize for Literature and Art. [6]
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