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Helen Zahavi (born 1966) is an English novelist and screenwriter born and educated in London. Her father came to Britain with the Polish Army during the Second World War and her mother's parents came from Odessa. Before becoming a writer Zahavi worked as a Russian translator, and has spent several years living in Paris.〔Interview on German crime fiction site. (Retrieved 27 December 2012. )〕 Her first novel, ''Dirty Weekend'' (1991), caused a media storm on publication, and critical reaction was extreme and polarised. A half-page article in ''The Sunday Times'' questioning the book's morality and the author's sanity set the tone for much of the press comment that followed.〔"Woman makes killing on 'murder men' book", ''The Sunday Times'', 10 February 1991.〕 The book was attacked by Salman Rushdie,〔"20-20 Vision", Salman Rushdie, ''Independent on Sunday'', 17 January 1993.〕 defended by Naomi Wolf,〔"The animals speak", Naomi Wolf, ''New Statesman & Society'', 12 April 1991.〕 and analysed at length in both the broadsheet and popular press.〔Extracts from reviews of ''Dirty Weekend'' on author's website. (Retrieved 30 December 2012. )〕 Despite initial media hostility, the book went on to be a bestseller in the UK and Europe.〔Bestseller list, ''The Sunday Times'', 15 March 1992.〕 ''Dirty Weekend'' has been translated into thirteen languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Czech and Korean. It was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award〔Front page, ''The Times'', 30 October 1991.〕 and adapted into a film by Michael Winner, the director of ''Death Wish''. Zahavi has a screen credit as co-writer〔IMDb page. (Retrieved 27 December 2012. )〕 and appeared with Winner on an edition of the Channel 4 discussion programme ''After Dark'' alongside, among others, the father of the so-called Yorkshire Ripper.〔List_of_After_Dark_editions#Series_4〕 She has written three further novels, ''True Romance'' (1994) ''Donna and the Fatman'' (1998), and ''Brighton Boy'' (2013) which have been widely reviewed and translated.〔Some author-approved extracts from reviews of ''True Romance'' appear here: (Retrieved 27 December 2012 ) and of ''Donna and the Fatman'' here: (Retrieved 27 December 2012. ) Covers of English- and foreign-language editions of the author's books appear here: (Retrieved 30 December 2012. )〕 ==Awards and nominations== * ''Dirty Weekend'' was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1991.〔Front page, ''The Times'', 30 October 1991.〕 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「Helen Zahavi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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