Ronny Someck
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Ronny Someck was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1951, and arrived in Israel two years later. He studied Hebrew literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and drawing at the Avni Academy of Art. He teaches literature, holds writing workshops and also works as a counselor with street gangs.
A leading Israeli poet, Someck’s publications include many books of poetry and books for children which he co-authored with his daughter, Shirly. In 1997, he made a CD, Revenge of the Stuttering Child, with musician Elliot Sharp in New York. In 1998, Someck and artist Benny Efrat held a joint exhibition entitled “Nature’s Factory” at the Israel Museum. In 2004, he held two exhibitions – “Comrade Bialik” and “Rabbi Yehuda Halevi – Real Madrid. Someck has received the ACUM Special Jubilee Prize (1987), the Prime Minister’s Prize twice (1989, 2000), the Efrat Prize (1999), the Ahi Prize (1999), the Amichai Prize for Poetry (2005), the “Wine Poetry” Award (Struga, Macedonia, 2005), the Hans Berghuis Poetry Prize (Holland, 2006) and the Arik Einstein Prize (2017). He was also decorated as Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 2013).
Photo by: Ronen Lalena