Ten Authors

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Ten Authors

Ten writers and poets who gave modern Hebrew its voice, in the order of their place on the timelines.

1 Hayim Nahman Bialikחיים נחמן ביאליק1873 TO 1934 The Hebrew national poet. He settled in Tel Aviv in 1924, and his house there is now a museum.

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2 Leah Goldbergלאה גולדברג1911 TO 1970 Poet and children’s author who settled in Tel Aviv in 1935 and later taught at the Hebrew University.

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3 Natan Altermanנתן אלתרמן1910 TO 1970 Poet whose Silver Platter, about the cost of statehood, became a classic of the War of Independence years.

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4 Yehuda Amichaiיהודה עמיחי1924 TO 2000 The poet of Jerusalem. His first collection appeared in 1955, and he won the Israel Prize in 1982.

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5 Ephraim Kishonאפרים קישון1924 TO 2005 Satirist and director whose film Sallah Shabati was the first Israeli film nominated for an Academy Award.

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6 S. Y. Agnonש״י עגנון1888 TO 1970 Hebrew novelist who lived in Jerusalem and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966.

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7 A. B. Yehoshuaא״ב יהושע1936 TO 2022 Novelist whose books include Mr. Mani, published in 1990. He taught at the University of Haifa.

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8 Etgar Keretאתגר קרתBORN 1967 Writer of short stories and film scripts. His first collection, Pipelines, appeared in 1992.

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9 Amos Ozעמוס עוז1939 TO 2018 Novelist whose memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness of 2002 became his best-known book. He argued for two states.

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10 David Grossmanדויד גרוסמןBORN 1954 Novelist of To the End of the Land. He won the Man Booker International Prize in 2017.

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