Eda Zoritte


Eda Zoritt Megged is an Israeli writer, essayist, playwright, translator and poet.

Biography

Zoritt was born in Tel Aviv in 1926. She graduated from the Levinsky Seminar for Teachers in Jaffa, studied dance and theater in the United States and appeared there in productions of the Hebrew theater "Pargod", directed by Peter Frye.
After returning to Israel, Zoritt began publishing essays about literature and art, in the literary supplement "Masa", in other newspapers and in books. Among her publications are an essay on the poetry of Nathan Alterman, a partial biography of Amir Gilboa, a biography of Avoth Yeshurun and studies of his works. She also published Historical novels, including about Theodor Herzl's wife, Hayim Nahman Bialik's wife and Nathan Alterman's lover, the painter Zila Binder. In addition, she published novels, short stories and a poetry book titled "The Shadow of Time".
Zoritt is writer Aharon Megged's widow. Her children are the writer Ayal Megged and the historian Amos Megged.

Performed plays

Fiction and poetry

  • Ariadne's Thread, Aleph, 1964
  • Somber Blossoming, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1969
  • Happy Years, Sifriat Poalim, 1975
  • The Roman Way, Massada
  • Astray, Am Oved, 1984
  • His Alienated Wife, Keter, 1997 – a novel about Theodor Herzl's wife
  • Life Long Love, Keter, 2000 – a novel on the tragic love of the painter Ira Jan to Hayim Nahman Bialik
  • Maiden and the Poet, Yedioth Ahronoth, 2004 – about Nathan Alterman's lover, the painter Zila Binder
  • The Thirty-Seventh Steps, Carmel, 2007
  • Aurelia: Book of Visions and Prayers, Nahar Sfarim, 2012
  • The Shadow of Time, Olam Hadash, 2014

    Non fiction

  • Two Plays of Love, Eked, 1963
  • The Sacrifice and the Covenant, 1973 – studies of the poetry of Nathan Alterman
  • Spheres of Life and Emanation, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1988
  • The Song of the Noble Savage: A Biography of the Poet Avot Yeshurun, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, Sifriat Zagagy, 1995

    Translations

  • "The Dragon", a play performed by the Cameri Theater in 1964.
  • "The Ice Palace" by Tarjei Vesaas.