Ada Aharoni is a poet, writer, and professor, who was born in Cairo, Egypt, and now, lives in Haifa, Israel. She has published 2 7 books to date, that have won several prizes and awards. She writes in English, French and Hebrew, and her works have been translated into several languages. She believes that literature and culture can help to heal the urgent ailments of our global village, such as war, conflict, and poverty, and the themes of peace and conflict resolution are major ones throughout her works. She studied at London University, where she received her M. Phil. Degree on Henry Fielding, and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she was awarded a Ph.D. on Saul Bellow: Nobel Prize Laureate (1976). She taught English Literature at Haifa University, and Sociology and CR: Conflict Resolution, in the department of Humanities, at the Technion in Haifa. She has been a Guest Lecturer and visiting professor at several American and European universities.
Her first novel, The Second Exodus was published in 1985, and her second book: To Alexandria, Jerusalem and Freedom appeared in 1986. Her historical novel From The Nile to The Jordan, was published in 1994; and in 1996 she published The Peace Flower, a fantasy for young and old, which has been compared to St. Exupery’s Little Prince. Among her latest books in English are: Not In Vain: An Extraordinary Life, Peace Flower, Women Creating a World beyond War, and a poetry collection: You and I Can Change the World.
Her historical novels and poetry collections written in English have been translated into: Hebrew, French, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Italian, Greek, Norwegian, Vietnamese, Gujarati, and Bengali. Her latest collections of poetry: RARE FLOWER hails the second decade of the new millennium.
Aharoni is the Editor-in-Chief 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 (1987-2003), and the electronic journal on the Internet, Horizon: Pave Peace, on Peace Culture. She is likewise the founder and Editor of Lirit: Poetry Israel, featuring top Israeli poets in English translation. She is also the Editor of the Peace Literature section of the Unesco Encyclopedia – the EOLSS – The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems.
Among her many prizes and awards 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 Merit Prize, and the Rachel Prize. In 2012 she was awarded the prestigious President Shimon Peres Award for her impressive and valuable creative work.
Ada Aharoni is the founder and international President of IFLAC: PAVE PEACE, the International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace (1999-2014) that has several active branches for the promotion of peace, and Peace Culture around the world.
Ada Aharoni lives on beautiful Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, where she dedicates most of her time to writing and researching the Global Culture of Peace.
Books in English by Ada Aharoni
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Books in English by Ada Aharoni
Whispered Thoughts - Haifa Publications, Haifa, Israel, 1970.
Poems from Israel - Outposts, Surrey, England, 1972.
Poems from Israel and Other Poems - Berger Publications, Pittsburgh, PA, 1974.
Metal and Violets - Eked, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1978.
From the Pyramids to Mount Carmel - Eked, T.A., Israel, 1979.
The Second Exodus: A Historical Novel - Bryn Mawr, PA, 1983. ISBN: 0-8059-2862-6. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 82-90872.
Thea: To Alexandria, Jerusalem and Freedom - Dorrance & Co. Bryn Mawr, PA, 1984. ISBN: 0-8059-2922-3. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 84-91127.
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.
Saul Bellow: A Mosaic, ed. Ada Aharoni, G. Cronin and L. Goldman; Peter Lang, N.Y., N.Y., 1992. ISBN: 0-8204-1572-3.
Selected Poems from Israel - Lachman, Haifa, 1992. ISBN: 965-90139-5-7
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.
From the Nile to the Jordan - Tamuz, 1994, M.Lachman, 1997. ISBN: 965-90139-0-6.
Peace Flower: A Space Adventure - Lachman, Haifa, 1994, 1996. ISBN: 965-90139. A Spoken Book Taped Edition was published by Ladybug Press, Ca., 1999.
Memoirs from Alexandria: Not In Your War Anymore - Hatikhon, G. Farah, Shfar-Am, 1997. ISBN: 965-90139-2-2.
Galim Literary Magazine, nos 1 - 8, edited Ada Aharoni - Tammuz, Tel-Aviv 1985- 1996.
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.
Peace Poems, A Bi-lingual Edition - Preface by M. Fawzi Deif, Cairo University, M. Lachman, Haifa, 1997.
Not In Vain: An Extraordinary Life - Ladybug Publishing House, California, 1998. ISBN 1-889409-18-(pbk)
Rare Flower: Dignity Press 2013, USA.
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.
Horizon: Pave Peace Through Culture and Literature (PTLC), Electronic Magazine, nos. 1 - 3. IPRA: The International Peace Research Association, 1996 - 1998.
Articles: A hundred and twelve of Ada Aharoni's articles were published in professional journals and magazines, from 1967 - 2014.
Interviews:
She was interviewed on numerous media interviews in Israel and in the international media (1980 - 2013).
Ada's poems were put to music by Maxine Shapiro, Robert Nissenson, and Yigal Alfassi. They are sung by Revital Levanon and Anat Yagen, and they appeared on several records and discs, and played on radio and TV (1990 - 2014)
You and I Can Change the World: Toward 2000, Micha Lachman, Haifa, 1999.
Women Create A World Beyond War and Violence, Micha Lachman,Haifa, 2002.
Rare Flower, Dignity Press, USA (2012).
Three E-Books and C.D’s: 1. You and I, 2. Peace Flower, 3. Women and
Peace, Rowe Publications, England, 2003.
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