Noga Albalach

Noga Albalach was born in 1971 in Petah Tikva

Noga Albalach was born in 1971 in Petah Tikva and grew up there. She earned a bachelor's degree in economics, statistics and operations research and a master's degree in economics at Tel Aviv University. She then worked for about 10 years as a credit and capital market analyst at several banking institutions.

In 2005 she began studying literature at Tel Aviv University. During her studies she worked at Hakibbutz Hameuchad and at the writers' archives of the Katz Center, and published her first short stories in literary journals. Her master's thesis dealt with a story by Uri Nissan Gnessin.

At the publishing house she co-founded a fiction series with Avram Kantor and edited works by writers such as Robert Walser, David Foster Wallace and Peter Handke. In 2018 she edited a collection of all the songs of Ether. Her own books include the novel Sealand from 2015 and The Old Man: A Farewell from 2018.

At the end of 2018 she was appointed general manager of Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Sifriat Poalim, replacing Uzi Shavit. She held the post until April 2026, leaving at her own request to return to writing and editing. She serves as the publisher's chief editor together with Erez Schweitzer.