Haim Watzman, is an American-born, Jerusalem-based writer, journalist, and translator. Watzman was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. After receiving a B.A. from Duke University, Watzman made aliyah to Israel, where he has lived since 1978 and worked as a freelance translator and journalist. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife, Ilana, and four children. Watzman is the author of Company C: An American?s Life as a Citizen-Soldier in Israel, a memoir centered on his service in a reserve infantry unit in the Israel Defense Forces and A Crack in the Earth: A Journey Up Israel?s Rift Valley. Watzman is known for his English translations of recent works by Hebrew-language authors. His translations include Tom Segev?s The Seventh Million, Elvis in Jerusalem, and One Palestine Complete, as well as David Grossman?s The Yellow Wind, Sleeping on a Wire, and Death as a Way of Life. He served for 25 years as Israel correspondent for The Chronicle of Higher Education, and is now Israel correspondent for the British science journal Nature. His opinion pieces have appeared on the pages of The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Forward. 

January 1st, 1956 in Cleveland (Age 68)