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Yehuda Amichai

1924-05-03 – 2000-09-22

Jerusalem, Yo'el Moshe Salomon St 5, Tmol Shilshom cafe - Yehuda AmichaiCredit: Yair Medina (יאיר מדינה) The original uploader was Karlo681 at Hebrew Wikipedia.

Life & Legacy

Yehuda Amichai (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה עַמִּיחַי; born Ludwig Pfeuffer ‎3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. His 17 books have been translated into more than 20 languages, including Chinese and Japanese. He was a people's poet who believed that his poetry should reflect ordinary life. As he once said, "I am also living among the dead." He changed his last name to "Amichai", meaning "My nation lives".
Amichai was awarded the 1957 Shlonsky Prize, the 1969 Brenner Prize, 1976 Bialik Prize, and 1982 Israel Prize. He also won international poetry prizes, and was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Occupation & Career

poet, writer, novelist, educator, playwright, translator

Education

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Israel Prize; Bialik Prize; PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award; ACUM Awards; honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science; Würzburg Cultural Prize; Brenner Prize; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Abraham Shlonsky Literary Award; Jerusalem Prize; Golden Wreath

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Abraham Shlonsky Literary Award · ACUM Awards · Bialik Prize · Brenner Prize · Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Golden Wreath · honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science · Israel Prize · Jerusalem Prize · PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award · Würzburg Cultural Prize