Yehuda Amichai

✶May 3, 1924

†September 22, 2000

1 candle burning, 2 lit in all

About their life

Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. His 17 books have been translated into more than 20 languages, including Chinese and Japanese. He was a people's poet who believed that his poetry should reflect ordinary life. As he once said, "I am also living among the dead." He changed his last name to "Amichai", meaning "My nation lives".

Israeli poet (1924-2000)

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