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Esther David (born 17 March 1945) is a Jewish-Indian author, an artist and a sculptor.〔Weil, Shalva. 2008 'Esther David: The Bene Israel Novelist who Grew Up with a Tiger' in David Shulman and Shalva Weil (eds) Karmic Passages: Israeli Scholarship on India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 232–253.〕 She was born into a Bene Israel Jewish family〔Weil, Shalva. 2012 "The Bene Israel Indian Jewish Family in Transnational Context", Journal of Comparative Family Studies 43 (1): 71–80〕 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She won Sahitya Akademi Award in 2010 for ''The Book of Rachel''. Her father, Reuben David, was a hunter-turned-veterinarian, who founded the Kamala Nehru Zoological Garden and Balvatika near Kankaria lake in Ahmedabad.〔Roland, Joan. 2009. "The Contributions of the Jews of India" in (ed) Shalva Weil ''India's Jewish Heritage: Ritual, Art and Life-Cycle'', Mumbai: Marg Publications (published in 2002; 3rd edn. ).〕 Her mother, Sarah, was a school teacher.〔http://www.easternbookcorporation.com/moreinfo.php?txt_searchstring=12758〕 After her schooling in Ahmedabad, she joined Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, as a student of Fine Arts and Art History. There she met Sankho Chaudhary, a sculptor, who taught her sculpture and Art History.〔 After her graduation she returned to Ahmedabad and started her career as a professor in art history and art appreciation. She taught at the Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Fine Arts College, CEPT University and NIFT. She started writing about art and became the ''Times of India'' art critic, a national English daily. Later she became a columnist for Femina, a women's magazine, the "Times of India" and other leading national dallies. She is an advisory editor of Eve Times, Ahmedabad.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.estherdavid.com/biography.html )〕 She has written several books. She had edited and contributed in some books also.〔David, Esther. 2009. "Sari-Sutra: Bene Israel Costumes" in (ed) Shalva Weil ''India's Jewish Heritage: Ritual, Art and Life-Cycle'', Mumbai: Marg Publications (published in 2002; 3rd edn. ).〕 Her books are related to Bene Israel Jews in Ahmedabad.〔 The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (HBI) featured ''Shalom India Housing Society'' in the Hasassah-Brandeis 2010–2011 calendar, which highlights 12 Jewish women authors across the world whose "writing illuminates a particular city". The title of the calendar was ''Jewish Women Writers and the Cities that Influence Them''. ==Bibliography== * ''The Walled City'' 1997 East West Books, Madras. Re-published by Syracuse University Press USA.〔 * ''By the Sabarmati''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.estherdavid.com/books.html ) For a review, please refer to: Weil, Shalva. 2003 The Book of Esther by Esther David, reviewed in Biblio: A Review of Books, New Delhi: Manohar, p. 26.〕 *''The Book of Esther'' 〔 *''The Book of Rachel'' 〔 *''My Father’s Zoo'' 2007 〔 *''Shalom India Housing Society'' 2007〔 *''One Church, One All Jewish Faith, One God'' 2008 Media Creations,Inc. *''The Man with Enormous Wings'' 2010 Penguin Books ;Contributor *''Sari Sutra'', contributed a chapter on Bene Israeli Jewish costumes.〔Weil, Shalva. 2009 'The Heritage and Legacy of Indian Jews' in Shalva Weil (ed.) I''ndia's Jewish Heritage: Ritual, Art and Life-Cycle'', Mumbai: Marg Publications (published in 2002; 3rd edn. ), pp. 8–21.〕 *''City Stories'' "The Worry Box and The Laughing Lady" Scholastic India.〔 *''Growing Up as a Woman Writer'' "Nanki Chirai" Sahitya Academy New Delhi.〔 *''Gattu's Wildlife Adventures''〔 ;Editor *''Ane Dhara Dhruji''〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Esther David」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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