Gideon Telpaz

Gideon Telpaz was the nom de plume of Gideon Goldenberg,

In 1993, a book reviewer for the Jerusalem Post wrote that Telpaz was, "respected as a literary craftsman though not a very well known writer." He taught in various universities in the United States, mostly in the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and in the Tel Aviv University, Israel. He was invited as a resident writer to the International Writing program at the University of Iowa and to Yarnton Manor (Oxford) and to the following artist's colonies: in the USA to Yaddo, MacDowell, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Ragdale, Blue Mountain Center, Millay Colony, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, and Ledig House OMI. Outside the USA, Altos de Chavon (Dominican Republic), Hawthornden Castle (Scotland), and Le Chateau De Lavigny (Switzerland).

Gideon Telpaz also wrote for radio, television, and the stage.

Shehunat Hap (English translation: "Grabtown") a collection of Telpaz's stories set in "sleepy Petah Tikva" during the British Mandate, was published in 1996, with a new edition published in 1993.