Tuvya Ruebner

Tuvya Ruebner
Tuvya Ruebner in 2012
Born(1924-01-30)30 January 1924
Pressburg, Slovakia
Died29 July 2019(2019-07-29) (aged 95)
NationalityIsraeli
Occupations
  • Poet
  • Translator
  • Professor
  • Photographer
Known for
  • Poetry in Hebrew and German
  • Translation of literature
Awards
  • Anne Frank Prize (1957)
  • Israel Prime Minister Award for Creative Writing (1975)
  • Israel Prize for Poetry (2008)
  • Theodor Kramer Prize (2008)
  • Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Prize (2012)

Tuvya Ruebner (30 January 1924 - 29 July 2019) was an Israeli poet who wrote in Hebrew and German, and he also translated poems - from Hebrew into German and from German into Hebrew. In addition, he was the editor of numerous literary books, a scholar, a teacher, and a photographer. Ruebner was Emeritus Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Haifa University and Oranim College. The recipient of many literary awards in Israel, Germany and Austria, he was awarded the Israel Prize for Poetry in 2008 - the highest accolade the State of Israel bestows. The jury awarding that prize described Ruebner as "among the most important Hebrew poets", and his poetry as "restrained, polished and intellectual ... nourished by the ancient strata of Hebrew poetry and the best of the tradition of Central European poetry."[1]

  1. ^ "Israel Prize for Literature Awarded to Ida Fink, Tuvya Ruebner and Nili Mirsky". Haaretz. February 26, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2020.