Rivka Miriam
Born(1952-02-10)10 February 1952
Würzburg, Germany
LanguageHebrew
CitizenshipIsraeli
GenrePoetry

Rivka Miriam (Hebrew: רבקה מרים) (born February 10, 1952) is an Israeli poet.

Biography

Rivka Miriam Rochman was born in Jerusalem. Her father Leib Rochman, was a Yiddish poet. Rivka Miriam is named for her grandmother and aunt, both killed in the Holocaust. She began to write poetry at an early age.[1] She lives in Jerusalem's German Colony.[2]

She is the author of 17 books of poetry, five works of fiction and several children’s books.[3] She published her first book of poetry at the age of 14 under the pen name Rivka Miriam.[4]

Rivka Miriam won the 2019 Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize for Life Achievement in Hebrew poetry. The judges wrote: “Since the publication some 50 years ago of My Yellow Smock, Miriam’s poetry has been a challenging and constant presence in Hebrew poetry... Her poetic language is contemporary, concrete and refined, yet never showy.” [5]

She also won the Prime Minister's Prize twice (1979; 1999), the Shapiro Prize for Religious Literature, the Goldberg Prize (1996) and the Holon Award.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Margot Lurie (2013-02-27). "Poems Like Mountains". Jewish Review of Books. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  2. ↑ "Rivka Miriam". www.poetryinternational.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  3. ↑ "Rivka Miriam". www.poetryinternational.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  4. ↑ Margot Lurie (2013-02-27). "Poems Like Mountains". Jewish Review of Books. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  5. ↑ "Lifetime award for poet Rivka Miriam". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  6. ↑ "Rivka Miriam". Koren Publishers. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
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