Evan Fallenberg

Evan Fallenberg (born August 8, 1961) is an American-born writer and translator residing in Israel.

[3] He has also published English translations of several Israeli writers, including Meir Shalev, Hanoch Levin, Ron Leshem and Batya Gur.

[4] Originally from Cleveland, Ohio,[5] holds a BSFS in diplomacy from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

[6] He currently teaches creative writing and literary translation at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel,[5] and is faculty co-director of the International low-residency MFA program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

He has received fellowships for residencies from the MacDowell Colony, the National Endowment for the Arts (at Vermont Studio Center), Fondation Ledig-Rowohlt (at Chateau de Lavigny, Switzerland), Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), Hannesarholt and Gunnarshus in Iceland, Sun Yat-sen University of China, and the Bogliasco Foundation (Italy), and has taken part in conferences and festivals around the globe.