Sally Rooney, the acclaimed Irish author, has reportedly refused to allow her new novel to be published in Hebrew due to her views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The disclosure was made in a recent newspaper interview which said that Rooney had turned down a translation bid from Modan, an Israeli publisher, as she supports a boycott of Israel.

Rooney’s new novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You, was released in September and quickly topped book charts in the UK and Ireland.

“When Modan approached Rooney’s agent in an attempt to sign another translation deal, the agent announced that Rooney supports the cultural boycott movement on Israel and therefore does not approve translation into Hebrew,” Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.

The interview with Rooney was published by the New York Times in September, but was then translated into Hebrew and published by Haaretz with additional details.

Haaretz added that Rooney’s agent, Tracy Bohan, confirmed that the author had declined the translation when approached for comment.

The Telegraph approached both Rooney’s agent and Modan, the Israeli publisher, on Monday night but did not immediately receive a response.

Rooney’s two previous novels, Conversations With Friends and Normal People, have both been published in Hebrew by Modan.

Outspoken opposition to occupation of the West Bank

Rooney, 30, has previously been outspoken about her opposition to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, which the Palestinians claim as their own land.

She recently signed an open letter which called for “an end to the support provided by global powers to Israel and its military; especially the United States”, and also urged governments to “cut trade, economic and cultural relations”.

In a report on Monday night, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency also noted that in her second novel, Normal People, the main characters attend a protest against Israel’s role in the 2014 Gaza war.

The boycott revelation – which was not mentioned in the original New York Times article – was brought to light in a blog post by Gitit Levy-Paz on the website Forward.

“Rooney’s decision surprised and saddened me. I am a Jewish and Israeli woman, but I am also a literary scholar who believes in the universal power of art,” she wrote.

Ben Judah, a British author and journalist, also condemned the decision. “Depressing and unpleasant that Sally Rooney won’t allow her new novel to be translated into Hebrew,” he wrote on Twitter.