Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times.
Avraham Shlonsky was an Israeli poet and editor born in the Russian Empire.
Mordechai Geldman was an Israeli poet, non-fiction writer, artist, art critic and curator, and psychologist. His poems were translated into many languages, including the collection Years I Walked at Your Side published in 2018 by SUNY Press. He received awards including the Bialik Prize for his life achievements.
Tuvya Ruebner was an Israeli poet who wrote in Hebrew and German, and he also translated poems - from Hebrew into German and from German into Hebrew. In addition, he was the editor of numerous literary books, a scholar, a teacher, and a photographer. Ruebner was Emeritus Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Haifa University and Oranim College. The recipient of many literary awards in Israel, Germany and Austria, he was awarded the Israel Prize for Poetry in 2008 - the highest accolade the State of Israel bestows. The jury awarding that prize described Ruebner as "among the most important Hebrew poets", and his poetry as "restrained, polished and intellectual ... nourished by the ancient strata of Hebrew poetry and the best of the tradition of Central European poetry."
Hedva Harekhavi, Israeli poet and artist, was born in 1941 in Kibbutz Degania Bet, one of the oldest kibbutzim in Israel. She had one child, Elisha, who died at a young age. She has lived most of her life in Jerusalem.
Ronny Someck is an Israeli poet and author.
Agi Mishol is an Israeli poet. Mishol's work has been published in several languages, and has won various awards including the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award and the Yehuda Amichai prize for literature.
Aharon Shabtai is an Israeli poet and translator.
Nathan Yonathan was an Israeli poet.
Aharon Amir was an Israeli Hebrew poet, a literary translator and a writer.
Yehudit Kafri Meiri is a 20th–21st century Israeli poet and a writer, as well as editor and translator.
Fania Bergstein was an Israeli poet, lyricist and author who wrote and published for children and adults. Bergstein made a major contribution to the development of Modern Hebrew poetry for children. A number of her poems for both children and adults have become Israeli classics and are recognized as touchstones of Israel's literary and cultural heritage; many have been set to music. Several of her books, including prose and poetry for children and adults, were published posthumously.
Karen Alkalay-Gut is a poet, professor, and editor who lives in Israel and writes in English.
Zrubavel Gilad was a Hebrew poet, editor and translator.
Rachel Tzvia Back is an English-language American-Israeli poet, translator and professor of literature.
Esther Raab was a Hebrew author of prose and poetry, known as "the first Sabra poet", due to her eminence as the first Israeli woman poet and for the prominence of her native landscape in her imagery.
Efrat Mishori is an Israeli poet, essayist, performance artist, and filmmaker. She is the recipient of the Prime Minister's Award (2002) and the Landau Award (2018).
Shin Shifra ; is the pen name of Shifra Shifman Shmuelevitch, a poet, translator, writer, editor and literary academic. Shifra won multiple literature awards.
Major poetry related events taking place worldwide during 2022 are outlined below under different sections. These include poetry books released during the year in different languages, major poetry awards, poetry festivals and events, besides anniversaries and deaths of renowned poets etc. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
