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Amichai Shalev

Amichai Shalev is an Israeli writer, editor and literary critic, known for novels such as "Pop Days" and "The Mentals".

born 1973The novel "Pop Days"The novel "The Mentals"Literary criticism and editing

Born: 17 April 1973, Rishon LeZion
Occupation: writer, editor, literary critic, author
Education: Tel Aviv University

Amichai Shalev was born in 1973 in Rishon LeZion

Amichai Shalev was born on April 17, 1973. His mother came to Israel from Liverpool and his father was born in the country. He is the youngest of three brothers and lives in Herzliya with his wife Sarit and their two sons.

As a teenager he played electric guitar in the band OverDrive, later called Metal Detonator, one of the first death metal bands in Israel. He holds a master's degree in literature from Tel Aviv University and studied screenwriting at Camera Obscura.

His first book, "Pop Days", came out in 2004, followed by "The Mentals" in 2010 and "Big Girl" in 2012. He edited the "Terminal" series of translated fiction at Am Oved and the books section of ynet. He wrote reviews for Maariv and Haaretz and later for Makor Rishon.

In 2014 he published "On Subversion", and in 2015 he co-edited an anthology of Israeli and German writers with Norbert Kron. He led the publishing house HaBayit HaHiloni with Sagi Elbaz and has taught at Sapir College and other schools. His books reached the Sapir Prize long list 3 times.