Tuvya Ruebner
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Tuvya Ruebner, also Rübner (Hebrew: טוביה ריבנר; born 30 January 1924) is an Israeli poet, editor, translator and photographer.[1]
Biography
Ruebner was born Kurt Rübner in 1924 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now the capital of Slovakia)[1] to a German-speaking Jewish family. In 1941, he emigrated to Mandate Palestine without his family, and joined a kibbutz. His parents, sisters and grandparents were sent to Poland and were murdered in the Holocaust.[1]
Following the Israel War of Independence, he became a member of Kibbutz Merhavia. For many years he was a schoolteacher and later lectured on literature at Haifa University.[1]
His poetry blends classical and modern Hebrew, creating a unique idiom.
Awards
In 2008, Ruebner was awarded the Israel Prize, for Hebrew poetry.[1]
References
See also
- The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself (2003), ISBN 0-8143-2485-1
- List of Israel Prize recipients
- Poetry Translation Centre
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