Yehuda Amichai

1924 - 2000

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genre: novel, poetry, drama

country of citizenship: Germany, Israel

languages spoken, written or signed: Hebrew, German

educated at: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

occupation: poet, writer, novelist, educator, playwright, translator

award received: Israel Prize, Bialik Prize, PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, ACUM award, 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

Yehuda Amichai (Hebrew: יהודה עמיחי; 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.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. Source: Wikipedia (en)