Dahlia Ravikovitch

Poet

Birthday November 27, 1936

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Ramat Gan, Israel

DEATH DATE Aug 21, 2005 (68)

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About

Israeli poet, pacifist, and translator who is best known for her 1987 poem "The End of a Fall." She received both the Bialik Prize for literature and the Israel Prize for poetry.

Before Fame

She was the daughter of a Russian-Jewish engineer father and a teacher mother, and she started reading and writing at the age of three.

Trivia

She was heavily involved in The Israeli Peace Movement.

Family Life

She married twice (first, at age eighteen), divorced twice, and gave birth to one son.

Associated With

She translated the work of W.B. Yeats into Hebrew.