Yehuda Amichai

Yehuda Amichai
Born(1924-05-03)3 May 1924
Würzburg, Germany
Died22 September 2000(2000-09-22) (aged 76)
Israel
LanguageHebrew
CitizenshipIsraeli
GenrePoetry

Yehuda Amichai (Hebrew: יהודה עמיחי; born Ludwig Pfeuffer ‎3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times.[1]

Amichai was awarded the 1957 Shlonsky Prize, the 1969 Brenner Prize, 1976 Bialik Prize, and 1982 Israel Prize. He also won international poetry prizes, and was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

  1. ^ Liukkonen, Petri. "Yehuda Amichai". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 4 January 2005.