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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][2]

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

  1. ^ a b c d e Israel Prize for Literature awarded to Ida Fink, Tuvya Ruebner and Nili Mirsky Haaretz, 26 February 2008
  2. ^ "Tuvya Ruebner". Poetry Translation Centre. Retrieved 2017-05-05.

See also