Anat Gov

Anat Gov (; 13 December 1953 – 9 December 2012) was an Israeli screenwriter and playwright.

Biography Born in Tiberias, Gov moved to Tel Aviv with her family when she was three years old. She graduated from Thelma Yellin High School of Arts Gov's most famous play, however, was 2011's Happy End, which explores the central protagonist's battle with cancer. In 2012, she received the Rosenblum Prize for the Performing Arts .

Personal life Gov was married to the singer Gidi Gov from 1977 until her death in 2012; they had three children and, at the time of her death, two grandchildren. Her obituary in Haaretz likened her minute preparations for her own death and funeral to those of the protagonist in her play Happy End.

She was buried at Menucha Nechona Cemetery in Kfar Saba, accompanied by Monty Python's satirical song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". More than 1,000 mourners attended her funeral, including Tzipi Livni, Shelly Yachimovich, and Mickey Rosenthal. At the funeral, her husband also recounted condolences from then-President Shimon Peres by letter and from then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone.