Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai · Arts & Literature
Israel's foremost modern Hebrew poet
1924, Würzburg, Germany — 2000, Jerusalem, Israel
Germany · Israel
Yehuda Amichai is recognized among Israeli contributors to Arts & Literature — Israel's foremost modern Hebrew poet
Yehuda Amichai is widely regarded as Israel's foremost modern Hebrew poet, whose plainspoken, ironic verse wove everyday life, love and war into a new poetic language and made him one of the most translated Hebrew poets in the world. Born Ludwig Pfeuffer into an Orthodox Jewish family in Germany, he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine as a boy.
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Israel's foremost modern Hebrew poet
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
