Tamar Adar ( he, תמר אדר; 24 July 1939 – 6 December 2008) was an Israeli
writer
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poet
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playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
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screenwriter
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. Adar has written screenplays for several popular Israeli television series and has published tens of popular
children's books
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, as well as various other works. She has been the recipient of the Ministry of Education's Ze'ev Prize for Youth and Child Literature and other awards.
References
External links
Official site
1939 births
2008 deaths
Israeli Jews
Israeli children's writers
Israeli novelists
Modern Hebrew writers
Jews in Mandatory Palestine
Hebrew-language writers
Israeli women children's writers
Israeli women novelists
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