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Famous Israeli Poets - Famous Poets from Israel

The Israeli famous poets section is an educational source of information and inspiration featuring reknown Israeli poets. Here you will find famous Israeli Poets of our time and times past. Please let us know if we are missing a well-known Israeli poet and we'll add him or her.

 
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Alterman, Natan

Nathan Alterman (Hebrew: , August 14, 1910, Warsaw – March 28, 1970, Tel Aviv) was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator who - though never holding any elected office - was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the State of Israel.. Israeli poet journalist and translator
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Amichai, Yehuda

An Israeli poet considered by many to be the greatest modern Israeli poet.. Israeli poet
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Pagis, Dan

Dan Pagis (born on October 16, 1930 – died on July 29, 1986) was an Israeli poet, lecturer and holocaust survivor. He was born in Radauti, Bukovina in Romania and imprisoned as a child in a concentration camp in Ukraine. He escaped in 1944 and in 1946 arrived safely in Israel where he became a schoolteacher in a kibbutz.. Israeli poet holocaust survivor
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Regelson, Abraham

Abraham Regelson (1896–1981; Hebrew: ) was a Hebrew poet, author, children's author, translator, and editor.. Israeli Hebrew poet author children's author translator and editor
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Shlonsky, Avraham

Avraham Shlonsky (March 6, 1900 – May 18, 1973; Hebrew: ; Russian: ) was a significant and dynamic Israeli poet and editor born in Russian Empire. He was influential in the development of modern Hebrew and its literature in Israel through his many acclaimed translations of literary classics, particularly from Russian, as well as his own original Hebrew children's classics. Known for his humor, Avraham Shlonsky earned the nickname "Lashonsky" from the wisecrackers of his generation (lashon means "tongue", i.e. "language") for his unusually clever and astute innovations in the newly evolving Hebrew language.. Israeli poet and editor