Roy Hasan (Hebrew: רועי חסן) (born 9 April 1983, in

Hadera Hadera ( he, חֲדֵרָה ) is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, in the northern Sharon region, approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along 7 km (5&nb ...

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) is an Israeli contemporary

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poet. He is a principal member of the Ars poetica literary movement. In 2015 Hasan was awarded the 2015 Bernstein Prize. Hasan grew up in a

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family in a lower-class neighborhood in a lower-class town, and worked as a cook during his mandatory military service. He continue to work as a low-paid cook after returning to civilian life. His poetry is regarded as part of a Mizrachi rebellion against the Ashkenazi and elitist Israeli left-wing political and literary establishment.

Selected works

*The dogs that barked in our childhood were muzzled, ''Haklavim shenavhu beyaldutenu hayu hasumei pe'' ( he, הכלבים שנבחו בילדותנו היו חסומי פה) (Poetry), Tangier (טנג'יר), 2014) *No Other Memory (Hebrew: אין זיכרון אחר) (Prose), Home Mansion (Publishing), 2018 *Gold Lions (Hebrew: זהב אריות) (Songs), Tangier Publishing, 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasan, Roy Hebrew-language poets 21st-century Israeli poets 1983 births People from Hadera Bernstein Prize recipients Living people