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Israeli poet Funeral of the poet Yona Wallach. Photo shows: Yair Hurvitz participating the funeral. Yair Hurvitz ( Hebrew : יאיר הורביץ ; 1941–1988 ), also known as Yair Horowitz , was an Israeli poet who began publishing poetry in the 1960s, he was a member of the "Tel Aviv Poets" group. His poems mark a return to the tradition of Haim Nachman Bialik . According to literary critic, Ariel Hirschfeld, a poem by Hurvitz comes close "to an invocation, to the creation of a visionary world by means of the word." He died in 1988 at the age of 47 from the heart disease that had plagued him since childhood. Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Yair Hurvitz (1941-1988) was an Israeli poet who began publishing poetry in the 1960's. His poems mark a return to the tradition of Haim Nachman Bialik . According to literary critic, Ariel Hirschfeld, a poem by Hurvitz comes close "to an invocation, to the creation of a visionary world by means of the word."
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Yair Hurvitz ( ; 1941–1988) was an Israeli poet who began publishing poetry in the 1960s. His poems mark a return to the tradition of Haim Nachman Bialik . According to literary critic, Ariel Hirschfeld, a poem by Hurvitz comes close "to an invocation, to the creation of a visionary world by means of the word."
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Israeli poet Yair Hurvitz ( ; 1941–1988 ), also known as Yair Horowitz , was an Israeli poet who began publishing poetry in the 1960s, he was a member of the "Tel Aviv Poets" group. His poems mark a return to the tradition of Haim Nachman Bialik . According to literary critic, Ariel Hirschfeld, a poem by Hurvitz comes close "to an invocation, to the creation of a visionary world by means of the word." He died in 1988 at the age of 47 from the heart disease that had plagued him since childhood.Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature .
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