Dr Israel Hame'iri

Dr Israel Hame'iri was born in Kibbutz Givat Haim on 1948. He graduated in literature and theatre from Tel Aviv University received an MA degree from the University of Haifa, where he also received his PhD, for a dissertation on "The Mythological Other in Three Israeli Plays." Dr Hameiri began to publish short stories during his army service. He has published seven volumes of prose to date (among them "Pigs," "Symbiosis"). Hameiri's plays were produced at The Cameri Theatre and The Haifa Municipal Theatre. His most recent play, To the Sea was produced by the The Haifa Municipal Theatre in 1996 and Symbiosis was read in a public reading of new Israeli plays at Beit Liessin Theatre. A novelist, playwright and critic, Hameiri teaches drama and literature at The University of Haifa and Menashe College. He lives with his family in Amirim, a small northern agricultural community.

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