Valerie Zenatti





Valerie Zenatti

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Valérie Zenatti was born in Nice on April Fool’s Day 1970. When she was thirteen she went to live with her parents in Israel, where she did her national service, which inspired her novel, When I was a Soldier. Even now she doesn’t go out without her survival kit — these days of a book, a notepad and a pen. Valérie now lives in Paris, where she works as a translator of Hebrew. She is also writing screenplays based on two of her books, Late for War and Message in a Bottle. Valérie is continually surprised and delighted at seeing Lucas, aged eight, and Nina, nearly two, grow up.


Average rating: 3.70 · 258 ratings · 78 reviews · 2 distinct works
When I Was a Soldier
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 122 ratings4 editions
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“They know the autumn's the peak season for harvesting, and that the crop is eighteen-year-olds.”
Valerie Zenatti, When I Was a Soldier

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