Israel Pincas ( he, ישראל פנקס; born January 28, 1935) is an Israeli poet.

Biography

Pincas was born in

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in 1935. He lost his father at the age of 6. As a boy, he emigrated to the

Mandate Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...

with his mother in 1944. He lives in

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Published works

Pincas published his first book of poetry ''14 Poems'' in 1961. His most famous poem is ''Ilmale'' ("Were it not")See ''

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'' (2003) His poems were published in various circles, in the literary supplements of

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s and

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s. Many of his poems were published in the magazine ''Exclamation Point'', after many years of nonrecognition. He has published eight books of poetry, to date, many by the ''Exclamation Point'' publishing house. He also worked as an editor for the local office of the

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. Pincas translated a number of books by Shlomo Kalo from Bulgarian to Hebrew. In 2012 he published the collection of poetry "Diskurs über die Zeit" ("Discourse about time") translated into German ( Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett München).

Awards

In 2005, Pincas was awarded the Israel Prize, for poetry.

References

External links

Israel Prize Official Site - CV of Israel Pinkas (in Hebrew)
1935 births Living people Bulgarian Jews in Israel Bulgarian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Israeli people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent Israeli poets Israel Prize in Hebrew poetry recipients Recipients of Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works {{Israel-writer-stub

Biography

Published works

Awards

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