Edeet Ravel (1955‒ ) was born in Sasa, an Israeli Kibbutz near the Lebanese border. She and her parents left Sasa in 1962, and moved to Montreal. After years of dreaming of returning to Israel, Ravel finally went back at the age of 18. She earned a BA, and an MA in English Literature from the Hebrew University; Ravel also met her first husband in Israel, and they moved back to Montreal. Their marriage eventually ended, but Ravel remained in Canada for many years, finishing a PhD in Jewish Studies at McGill University, taking her first creative writing course, and then teaching creative writing and Jewish studies at Concordia University, McGill, and John Abbott College. After twenty years, Ravel decided to stop teaching to focus on writing, and she published her first book in her early 40s. Ravel is the author of a trilogy on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which includes the books Ten Thousand Lovers (2003), Look for Me (2004), and A Wall of Light (2005). Her other published works include Lovers: A Midrash (1995), The Thrilling Life of Pauline de Lammermoor (2007), The Mysterious Adventures of Pauline Bovary (2007), The Secret Journey of Pauline Siddhartha (2007), The Saver (2008), Your Sad Eyes and Unforgettable Mouth (2008), Held (2011), The Last Rain (2011), and The Cat (2012). Ravel currently lives in Montreal.
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“Edeet Ravel.” Wikipedia. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edeet_Ravel.
Kirshner, Sheldon. “Canadian Novelist Edeet Ravel a Late Bloomer.” The Canadian Jewish News, 29 October 2012. www.cjnews.com/culture/books-and-authors/canadian-novelist-edeet-ravel-late-bloomer.
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