Esty Hayim will discuss the writing process of her latest book, ‘Sid’ and the construction of anti-heroic characters: those we never notice, like older women, holocaust survivors and refugees. She will relate to the tragicomic elements in her plots and to granting voice to broken or hidden memories. She will then speak about truth and fiction in her novels and will challenge the notion that being a writer means being a humanist.

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Esty was born in Jaffa, Israel, in 1963 and grew up in Haifa. She studied theater and acting at Tel Aviv University. Hayim, a writer and actress, has performed at Tel Aviv's Cameri Theater as well as at other venues. At present, she teaches creative writing at "Seminar Hakibbutzim" college & Ben Gurion University and writes literary reviews for the Hebrew press. Hayim has published novels and short stories. She has received the Haaretz Short Story Prize, the Tel Aviv Foundation Award, the Prime Minister's Prize twice (2002; 2016) and the Brenner Prize (2014).