Almog was born 15 May 1936 in Petah Tikva, Mandate Palestine to parents who immigrated from Hamburg in 1933. She studied at the David Yellin Teachers College, and at Tel Aviv University. She taught philosophy and film at Tel Aviv University. She was the deputy editor of the literary section of the mainstream daily Haaretz and writer-in-residence at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
She is married to poet Aaron Almog; they have two daughters.
Awards
1985, 2000 Ze`ev Prize
1989 Brenner Prize
2000 Yad Vashem Prize
2000 Andersen Honor Citation
2001 Agnon Prize from the Jerusalem municipality
2004 Newman Prize from Bar Ilan University
2004 German Gerty Spies Prize for Literature
2006 Bialik Prize for Lifetime Achievement
1995, 2007 Prime Minister`s Prize
2010 ACUM lifetime achievement
Works
Hasdei Ha-Laila Shel Margerita (Marguereta`s Night Grace) (stories), Tarmil, 1969
Be-Eretz Gzerah (The Exile) (novel), Am Oved, 1971
Aharei Tu Bi-Shvat (After Tubishvat) (stories), Tarmil, 1979
Et Ha-Zar Ve-Ha- Oyev (The Stranger and the Foe), (novella), Sifriat Poalim, 1980
Mavet Ba-Geshem (Death in the Rain) (novel), Keter, 1982
Death in the rain: a novel, Red Crane Books, 1993, ISBN 978-1-878610-09-6
Nashim (Women) (stories), Keter, 1986
De zilveren bal, translators Benno Ehrlich, Annegert Fuchshuber, Ploegsma, 1994, ISBN 978-90-216-1087-0
La palla d'argento, Translator O. D. Padoa, Mondadori, 2004, ISBN 978-88-04-53385-6
Shorshei Avir (Roots of Light) (novel), Keter/Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987; 2003
