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Yehuda Amichai ( 1924 - 2000 ) was an Israeli poet . Yehuda Amichai was the greatest of modern Israeli poets and one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew.1His writings were more immediate and less overtly literary than Hebrew poets, such as Bialik of the nineteenth century. He wrote with gentle irony of a broken love. It was a love for people, for a religion and for a land, most of all it was a love for the city of Jerusalem. He turned phrases so sweet that even the most cold-hearted of readers find themselves having to pause and catch their breath. Amichai was born in Germany , then immigrated with his family to Palestine in 1936 . He fought in the World War II ( British Army Jewish Brigade ) and the Israeli War of Independence as a young man, but became an advocate of peace and reconciliation in the region, working with Palestinian writers. He was 'discovered' in 1965 by Ted Hughes , who later translated several of Amichai's books. "He should have won the Nobel Prize in any of the last 20 years," wrote Jonathan Wilson in The New York Times (December 10, 2000), "but he knew that as far as the Scandinavian judges were concerned, and whatever his personal politics, which were indubitably on the dovish side, he came from the wrong side of the stockade."2
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Amichai is considered by many, both in Israel and internationally, as Israel's greatest modern poet.He was also one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew .
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Yehuda Amichai ( ; 3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israeli poet. Amichai is considered by many, both in Israel and internationally, as Israel's greatest modern poet. He was also one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew . Yehuda Amichai [was] for generations the most prominent poet in Israel, and one of the leading figures in world poetry since the mid-1960s.He also won international poetry prizes: 1994 – Malraux Prize: International Book Fair (France), 1995 – Macedonia`s Golden Wreath Award: International Poetry Festival, and more.Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi) .
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Amichai is considered, both in Israel and internationally, as Israel's greatest modern poet, and one of the leading poets worldwide.He also wrote two novels and several short stories.He was one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew .He also won international poetry prizes and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on several occasions. Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi) .
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Israeli poet and author Yehuda Amichai ( ; born Ludwig Pfeuffer 3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times.He also won international poetry prizes, and was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature . Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi) .
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Israeli poet and author (1924–2000) Yehuda Amichai ( Hebrew : יהודה עמיחי ; born Ludwig Pfeuffer 3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) 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." Amichai was awarded the 1957 Shlonsky Prize, the 1969 Brenner Prize , 1976 Bialik Prize , and 1982 Israel Prize . He also won international poetry prizes, and was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature . Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi) .
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