Discipline: Literature

Gideon Telpaz

Discipline: Literature
MacDowell Fellowships: 1984

Gideon Telpaz is an Israeli author. His first story was published in 1955 followed by more than 100 others over the years. His stories have appeared in most of the literary supplements and magazines in Israel and many are included in his six published collections. Thus far he has also published nine novels. He was an editor of the Oxford English Hebrew Dictionary published by the Oxford University Press. Translations of his stories into English have appeared in Partisan Review, Iowa Review, Massachusetts Review, New Virginia Review, Reporter Magazine, Midstream, Present Tense, Short Story International, Hadassah Magazine, and Jewish Chronicle. His stories have been also published in Arabic, Russian, French, and Serbian. Among the prizes he has been awarded for his work are The Prime Minister's Prize, Acum Prize, Valenrod Prize, Anne Frank Prize, New York Council of the Arts, and New Virginia Review Prize.

Studios

Star

Gideon Telpaz worked in the Star studio.

Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…

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