Amir Gilboa
Amir Gilboa (Hebrew: אמיר גלבע) (born 25 September 1917 Radziwilow, Volhynia - died September 2, 1984 Petah Tikva) was a prominent Israeli Hebrew poet, born in Ukraine.
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[edit] Biography
Gilboa was born as Berl Feldmann as son of Jewish family from Radziwillow, now known as Radywyliw, Volhynia, in Ukraine, in 1917, and emigrated in 1937 to Mandate Palestine (on the territory of which was founded later the State of Israel)[1]. Starting in 1942, he fought in World War II in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. He was demobilized in 1946, and later took part to the Israel's Independence War. In 1949, he published a volume of poetry entitled Sheva Reshuyot, "Seven Domains," about his experiences in both wars. His collected poems were published in 1963. He died in 1984 at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, because of complications of an ischemic heart disease.
[edit] Awards
- In 1971, Gilboa was awarded the Bialik Prize for literature.[2]
- In 1982, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Hebrew poetry.[3]
[edit] References
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- ^ "List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933-2004 (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website". http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516738.pdf.
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1982 (in Hebrew)". http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashlag/Tashmab_Tashlag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashmab.
[edit] Further reading
The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself (2003), ISBN 0-8143-2485-1
[edit] See also
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