Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai was born in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany on May 3rd, 1924 and is the Poet. At the age of 76, Yehuda Amichai biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Yehuda Amichai (born Ludwig Pfeuffer, 1924-2000) was an Israeli poet.
Amichai is both nationally and internationally recognized as Israel's best modern poet and one of the world's best poets.
In addition, he wrote two books and several short stories.
He was one of the first writers to write in colloquial Hebrew. He was given the Shronsky Prize, the 1969 Bialik Award, and the 1982 Israel Prize.
He has also won international poetry awards and been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on several occasions.
Awards and honours
- 1957 – Shlonsky Prize
- 1969 – Brenner Prize
- 1976 – Bialik Prize for literature (co-recipient with essayist Yeshurun Keshet)
- 1981 – Würzburg's Prize for Culture (Germany)
- 1982 – Israel Prize for Hebrew poetry. The prize citation reads, in part: "Through his synthesis of the poetic with the everyday, Yehuda Amichai effected a revolutionary change in both the subject matter and the language of poetry."
- 1986 – Agnon Prize
- 1994 – Malraux Prize: International Book Fair (France)
- 1994 – Literary Lion Award (New York)
- 1995 – Macedonia's Golden Wreath Award: International Poetry Festival
- 1996 – Norwegian Bjornson Poetry Award