Ada Aharoni,
writer, poet, playwright and lecturer, was born in
Ada
Aharoni received her Bachelor Degree (B.A) in Literature and Sociology, at the
Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1965), her Master of Philosophy Degree (M.Phil.),
at London University (1967), on the “Father of the Novel” Henry Fielding, and
she was awarded her Doctorate Degree in Literature (Ph.D), on the Nobel Prize
Laureate in Literature - Saul Bellow, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
(1975). She lectured in the Department of English Literature at
She has been widely
invited as Keynote Presenter and Visiting Professor at many universities and
other forums around the world, where she lectures on her research and on her
various books, and about the possibilities of “Conflict Resolution Through
Literature and Culture.” Her latest presentations on this subject was at the 36th
World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology (
She
has widely researched this subject, and has been interviewed on it as well as
on her books, in the media and major Television and Radio Programs, in several
countries, including: Italy, Israel, America, England, France, Australia,
Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, China, Finland, Japan, Korea, India, Mexico and South
Africa.
Among her major
works are: the historical novel, The Second Exodus (1983), that
describes in literary form the forced exile of the Jews from Egypt in the
twentieth century, which she and her family were part of. Her second book: Memoirs from
Among Aharoni’s published books are: novels,
biographies, and poetry collections, such as From The Pyramids to Mount
Carmel, in English, French, Hebrew, Arabic and Chinese. A Bilingual
collection of her “Selected Poems,” in English and Chinese, has been published
in
Aharoni is the
Editor-in-Chief of the Anthology: A Song to Life and to World Peace (2003),
which is widely used as a Textbook in Univerisites and colleges, as well as of
the Anthology: Waves of Peace (1997), dedicated to the memory of Yitzhak
Rabin. She is also the founder and editor of the Literary Magazine Galim:
Waves (1987- 2004), and the online journal Horizon: Pave Peace. She
is the founder and editor of Lirit: Poetry Israel, the online magazine
of the Hebrew Writers Association, featuring major Israeli poets in English
translation. She is as well an Editor
for the UNESCO EOLSS Encyclopedia (2004 – 2005), and is in charge of the
section on: Non Violence,
She is the Vice
President of the Hebrew Writers Asscociation
in
Aharoni is the
founder and international president of IFLAC:
PAVE PEACE, the International Forum for the Literature and Culture of
Peace (established in 1999 – website: www.iflac.com
). She chaired its founding congress "The International Congress on
Conflict Resolution Through Culture and Literature," in the
Aharoni is also President of the World
Congress of Poets XIII (Haifa, Israel, 1992), and convener of the PCC
"Pave Peace Through Culture and Communications" commission of IPRA:
the International Peace Research Association (1996-2005). She was
co-founder of The Bridge: Jewish and Arab Women for Peace in the Middle East
(1977 – 1999), in 1999, The Bridge, joined IFLAC, and it now functions as its
women’s wing.
Her latest project
is the founding and organizing of the FIRST WORLD CONGRESS OF JEWS FROM
EGYPT, together with a group of researchers and writers on the Jews from
Aharoni has been awarded several international
prizes and awards, among them are: The British Council Award, the Keren Amos
President Award, the Haifa and Bremen Prize, The World Academy of Arts and
Culture Award, the Korean Gold Crown of World Poets Award, the Rachel Prize, and the
Merit Award of the HSJE: The Historical Society of the Jews
from Egypt, for her "devoted and
unmatched efforts in researching the history and culture of the Jews from
Egypt, and to promote visionary literature and poetry proclaiming peace in the
world." In 1998, she was
elected one of the hundred “World Heroines,” in
Ada Aharoni lives
on beautiful
1. Whispered Thoughts -
2. Poems from
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3. Poems
from
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4. Metal
and Violets - Eked, Tel Aviv,
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5. From
the Pyramids to
6.
The Second Exodus:
A Historical Novel -
0-8059-2862-6. Library of Congress
Catalog Card No. 82-90872.
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7. Thea:
To
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8. Shin Shalom: New Poems - A Bilingual
Edition, edited and translated from Hebrew to English by Ada Aharoni - Eked:
Tel Aviv, 1985. ISBN: 965-90139-4-9.
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9. Saul
Bellow: A Mosaic, ed.
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10. Selected
Poems from
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11. A
Song to Life and to World Peace, ed. A. Aharoni, Mike Scheidemann et al.
Posner and Sons, Jerusalem, 1993. ISBN 965-219-013-6.
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12. From
the
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13. Peace
Flower: A Space Adventure - Lachman,
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14. Memoirs
from
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15. Galim
Literary Magazine, nos 1 - 8, edited Ada Aharoni - Tammuz, Tel-Aviv 1985-
1996.
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16. Waves
of Peace: In the Memory of Yitzhak Rabin, Galim 8, edited Ada Aharoni and
Judith Zilbershtein, Hatichon: Shfaram, 1997. ISBN 965-222-774-9.
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17. Peace
Poems, A Bi-lingual Edition - Preface by M. Fawzi Deif,
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18. Not
In Vain: An Extraordinary Life - Ladybug Publishing House,
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19. Lirit:
Poetry Israel, Founded and Edited by Ada Aharoni, Electronic
Magazine on Internet, the Hebrew Writers Association, Agudat Ha-Sofrim Ha-Ivrim,Tel Aviv, no. 1-
1997, no.2 - 1998.
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20. Horizon: Pave Peace, Online Magazine, nos.1 - 5. IFLAC- IPRA, 1996 -
2003.
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21. Metal et Violettes: (In French),
Characteres,
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22. Du Nil Au Jourdain: (In French),
Stavit,
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23. You
and I Can Change the World: Toward 2000, Micha Lachman,
24.
Women Create A World Beyond War and Violence, Micha Lachman,
25. Three E-Books and C.D’s: 1. You and I, 2. Peace Flower, 3. Women and
Peace, Rowe
Publications,
26.
Selected Poems: Bilingual, Chinese – English, The Milky Way,
ISBN 962-475-288-5.
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Articles and
Interviews: A hundred and
twelve of
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