mix literature and cinema in a new format. In April 2013 Alfon became the founding editor of "Alaxon", an online magazine in Hebrew, ending his tenure as its editor in chief in December 2014. His debut thriller novel was published in English as A Long Night in Paris in 2019. On 16 September 2020, Dov Alfon was appointed editor-in-chief and head of editorial strategy of the French newspaper Libération. Condemnation for defamation By judgment dated February 10, 2022, the Paris Criminal Court (17th chamber) condemned Dov Alfon, Director of publication of the newspaper Libération, for having publicly defamed Professor :fr:Jean-François Toussaint, known to relativize the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. Awards and recognition Winner of the CWA International Dagger Award 2019 Recipient of the Marianne award 2019 for the best thriller published in France that year. Recipient of the Peace Through Media Award 2011 from the International Council for Press and Broadcasting, London Jury chairman, Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society, 2009 (awarded to Haruki Murakami) Ophir Prize nominee for best TV Cultural show (with editor Irit Dolev), 2005, 2006, 2008 Gold Medal in the magazine category from the American Illustrators Society (1997, with Israeli artist Hanoch Piven). Editor of the Year Award, the Israeli Press Association (1994, 1996) References Living people Israeli Jews Israeli newspaper editors 1961 births Tunisian Jews French emigrants to Israel Tunisian emigrants to France Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent People from Ashdod People from Sousse Haaretz people Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Lycée Henri-IV alumni Israeli publishers (people) Israeli columnists Israeli television people Israeli novelists Israeli thriller writers