Picture taken from the author’s website (accessed: July 5, 2018), courtesy of Araian Abbas.
Shlomo Abbas
, b. 1948
Shlomo Abbas is one of the leading and most prolific children’s authors in Israel. He wrote and edited about 170 books. He was born in Nesher, in the northern of Israel and later moved to Jerusalem. He studied anthropology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Beside his original literary contributions, Shlomo travels the world in order to gather local tales from different countries. He collected and edited many volumes of fairy tales and fables, local and from around the world, like the fables of the brothers Grim and Greek mythology.
Sources:
Official website (accessed: July 5, 2018).
Profile at the library.osu.edu (accessed: July 5, 2018).
Bio prepared by Ayelet Peer, Bar-Ilan University, ayelet.peer@gmail.com
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