Tirtza Atar
תרצה אתר
Tirtza Atar, daughter of the poet Nathan Alterman and actress Rachel Marcus, was born in Tel Aviv in 1941. She studied drama in New York and played a variety of roles in the Habimah and Cameri Theaters. She was a poet, lyricist and children`s author. She also translated over 30 plays from English to Hebrew. Atar died, tragically young, in 1977. The Lion that Loved Strawberries was first included in her children`s book Yael Takes a Walk (1971), for which she won the Ze`ev Prize in 1973. Newly reissued, The Lion that Loved Strawberries was on the National Bestseller lists for 116 weeks.