1. Nava Semel was an Israeli author, playwright, screenwriter and translator.
10 Facts About Nava Semel
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Nava Semel was the younger sister of Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi.
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Nava Semel earned an MA in art history from Tel Aviv University.
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Nava Semel published 16 books, plays, opera libretti, poetry and screenplays.
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Nava Semel wrote plays and translated for the Hebrew stage.
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Nava Semel's acclaimed novel And the Rat Laughed was adapted into an opera libretto in 2005.
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Nava Semel's work focuses on the "second generation" in Israel.
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Nava Semel was a member of the Board of Directors of Massuah, the Institute for Holocaust Studies at Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak, and for many years was a member of the Board of Governors of Yad Vashem.
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Nava Semel was on the Board of Directors of the "New Foundation for Television and Cinema".
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Nava Semel received the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works in 1996, "The Women Writers of the Mediterranean Award" in France 1994, and "Women of the Year in Literature of the City of Tel Aviv" 2006.