Tamar Gelbetz (; September 30, 1957 – November 29, 2022) was an Israeli writer and journalist. She won the 2008 Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works.
Biography Tamar Gelbetz studied at University of Haifa, and Tel Aviv University.
Literary career Gelbetz was the film critic for the Haaretz supplement. She was a senior editor at Maariv. She was one of the founders of the Maariv culture supplement and served as the newspaper's television critic. In the mid-1990s , she wrote for the "Florentine " television series, and was the editor of Gal Uchovsky's "Small Circle" culture program on Channel 2.
In 1994, her essay "We are all ants in a convoy" appeared in People Died of Fear, a collection of essays about Israel in the Gulf War. In 2004, her story "Peas" was selected for Haaretz's short story contest.
In 2004, she published her first novel, At betkufa tova. In 2006, she published Mekupelet, which was nominated for the Sapir Prize.
Published works את בתקופה טובה (You're Doing Fine) 2004 מקופלת (Chocolate Bar), 2006 המתים והחיים מאוד (The Dead and the Very Much Alive) (2013) האחרון (The Last One) (2023) - published after her death.Tamar Gelbetz' last book
English Dome, illustrator Gil Marco Shani, Revolver; 2006.
See also Hebrew literature Journalism in Israel
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