Dahlia Ravikovitch
(b. 1936)

Although Dahlia Ravikovitch has worked as a journalist and high school teacher in her native Israel, she is most widely recognized for being a poet. Ravikovitch has written over a dozen books of poetry. She has also published a collection of short stories and several children's books.

When she was six years old, Ravikovitch was sent to live on a kibbutz, or collective settlement, following the death of her father. Her early experience with death may account for the strong focus on human emotions found in her poems.

In addition to translating into Hebrew the poetry of William Butler Yeats and T.S. Eliot, Ravikovitch has also translated children's literature, including Mary Poppins and Cinderella. Her work has been recognized with several literary awards, including the Bialik Prize and the 1990 Israel Prize.

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