Ars poetica (Israel)

Ars poetica (Hebrew: ערס פואטיקה) is a contemporary Israeli poetry group.

The name is at once a riff on Horace's Art of Poetry, and on the term ars, which means pimp in Arabic, and in Israeli Hebrew slang "low-life," a derogatory term for Mizrachi men with connotations of vulgar mannerisms.[1]

The group was started in about 2013 by Israeli poet Adi Keissar. Roy Hasan and Erez Biton are among the more notable members.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Tsabari, Ayelet (16 March 2016). "Mizrahi Artists Are Here To Incite a Culture War". The Forward. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  2. ^ Berkovich, Ilan (23 September 2015). "Roy Hasan Is the Hebrew Poet of Our Generation". Haaretz. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. ^ Benaim, Rachel (December 2015). "The Mizrahim Are Finding Their Voice". The Tower Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. ^ Margolin, Madison (3 September 2015). "The Mizrahi Thorn in the Side of Israeli Left Read". The Forward. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  5. ^ "First Mizrachi Winner of Israel Prize in Literature". 29 March 2015.