Orly Castel-Bloom - Orly Castel Bloom (Hebrew: אורלי קסטל בלום) is an Israeli author.Orly Castel Bloom was born in north Tel Aviv in 1960, to a family of Egyptian Jews. Until the age of three, she had French nannies and spoke only French. She studied film at the Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts in Ramat Gan.Castel Bloom lives in Tel Aviv and has two children.Castel Blooms first collection of short stories, Not Far from the Center of Town, was published in 1987 by Am Oved. She is the author of 11 books, including collections of short fiction and novels. Her 1992 novel Dolly City, has been included in the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works, and in 1999 she was named one of the fifty most influential women in Israel. Dolly City has been performed Orly Castel Bloom (Hebrew: אורל�...
