Dahlia Ravikovitch
דליה רביקוביץ'
Well-known poetess Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936-2005) was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, and after her father’s death, was sent to live on a kibbutz. She studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and later worked as a journalist, high school teacher and translator of poetry as well as children’s books. She translated, among others, the work of W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot. Ravikovitch published ten books of poetry during her lifetime, three collections of short stories and children’s books. She was awarded the Shlonsky Prize (1965), the Brenner Prize (1976), the Bialik Prize (1987), the Prime Minister’s Prize twice (1994; 2005) and the Israel Prize (1998). In 2000 she received Honorary Doctorate from the University of Haifa. Her poems have been published abroad in 23 languages.
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