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Israeli poet (1924-2000)

GermanyWritersLived 1924 to 2000 · aged 76
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Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. Yehuda Amichai, the poet of everyday life, love, and death, is the most internationally renowned Israeli poet. His 17 books have been translated into more than 20 languages, including Chinese and Japanese.

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2001PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1995Golden Wreath
1986Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1986Jerusalem Prize
1982Israel Prize
1982Jerusalem Prize
1981Würzburg Cultural Prize
1976Bialik Prize
1970ACUM Awards
1969Brenner Prize
1957Abraham Shlonsky Literary Award
honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science

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Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. Yehuda Amichai, the poet of everyday life, love, and death, is the most internationally renowned Israeli poet. His 17 books have been translated into more than 20 languages, including Chinese and Japanese. He was a people's poet who believed that his poetry should reflect ordinary life. As he once said, "I am also living among the dead." He changed his last name to "Amichai," meaning "My nation lives."

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Germany
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1924 to 2000 · aged 76
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27 languages

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