Yaron Golan ( he, ירון גולן; April 26, 1949 – January 23, 2007) was an Israeli publisher. Yaron Golan, originally a literature columnist in ''

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'', established a publishing company in 1990. While refusing to submit to conventional rules of publishing only popular or profitable books, he used to take on himself to publish every book submitted to him, publishing over 1000 books, often at a personal loss. However he still was the publisher of many important works, including anthologies by

Nathan Zach Nathan Zach (13 December 1930 – 6 November 2020; Hebrew: נתן זך) was an Israeli poet. Widely regarded as one of the preeminent poets in the country's history, he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1995 for poetry. He was also the recipie ...

and

Avot Yeshurun Avoth Yeshurun (1904–1992; Hebrew אבות ישורון, born Yehiel Perlmutter,), also Avot Yeshurun, was an acclaimed modern Hebrew poet. Winner of the Israel Prize for literature in 1992. Biography Avoth Yeshurun was born on Yom Kippur in ...

. Golan died unexpectedly of

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on January 23, 2007, and was buried the following day in

Tel-Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

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