Rami Saari
Rami Saari (born 17 September 1963, Petah Tikva, Israel) is an Israeli poet, translator, linguist and literary critic. • Illustration — Rami Saari
Rami Saari

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- Born
- 1963 · Petah Tikva.
- Nationality
- Israel · Finland
- Occupation
- linguist · poet · writer · translator · literary critic · literary editor
- Education
- University of Helsinki · Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Honours
- Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works · Tchernichowsky Prize · Premio creativo para un traductor de un idioma especial
- Languages
- Spanish · Catalan · Finnish
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Biography
Biography
Rami Saari studied at University of Helsinki and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The recorded working language is Spanish, Catalan and Finnish. Residence is recorded at Israel and Argentina. Distinctions recorded are Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, Tchernichowsky Prize and Premio creativo para un traductor de un idioma especial.
Saari studied Semitic and Uralic languages at the Universities of Helsinki, Budapest and Jerusalem. He did his PhD in linguistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His doctoral thesis, "Maltese Prepositions", was published in 2003 by Carmel Publishing House.
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Rami Saari appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a poet and translator (born 17 September 1963). Rami Saari was born on 17 September 1963; the birthplace is recorded as Petah Tiqwa by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Petaḥ-Tiqva (Israël) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Career
Career
The author has published fourteen volumes of his own poetry and translated more than one hundred books of prose and poetry, from Albanian, Catalan, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish. In 2002-2006, Saari was the national editor of the Israeli pages of the Poetry International website. Saari has won several Israeli literature awards.
Personal life
Personal life
Since 2003 he lives and works in several different locales. He also holds Argentine and Finnish citizenships.
Poetry
Poetry
• Hinneh, Matzati et Beti (Behold, I've Found My Home), Alef, 1988 • Gvarim ba-Tzomet (Men at the Crossroad), Sifriat Poalim, 1991 • Maslul ha-Ke'ev ha-No'az (The Path of Bold Pain), Schocken, 1997 • Ha-Sefer ha-Xai (The Living Book), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2001 • Kamma, Kamma Milxama (So Much, So Much War), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2002 • Ha-Shogun ha-Xamishi (The Fifth Shogun), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2005 • Tab'ot ha-Shanim (Rings of the Years), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2008 • Mavo le-Valshanut Minit (Introduction to Sexual Linguistics), Carmel, 2013 • Bnei Kafavis u-Nkhadav (Cavafy's Sons and Grandsons), Carmel, 2015 • Mesarim mi-Loikhpatlistan (Messages from Icouldntcarelessland), Carmel, 2016 • Doktor Yosefa ve-ha-pitgamim (Dr. Josepha and the Proverbs), Carmel, 2019 • Enzimim ba-nefesh ve-yamim ke-tiqqunam (Enzymes in the Soul and Regularized Times), Carmel, 2021 • Al miftan ensof ha-zman (On the Threshold of Endless Time), Rimonim, 2024 • Ha-Adam, ha-'Am ve-ha-'Olam (The Human, the People and the World), Carmel, 2026
Doctoral thesis
Doctoral thesis
• Milot ha-Yakhas ha-Malteziyot (Maltese Prepositions), Carmel, 2003
Identity
Identity
Rami Saari is recorded as having received Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, Tchernichowsky Prize and Premio creativo para un traductor de un idioma especial. Saari received Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, Tchernichowsky Prize and Premio creativo para un traductor de un idioma especial.
Life and career
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1963
Rami Saari born at Petah Tikva.
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Petah Tikva.
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- “Rami Saari”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards and honors
• In 1996 and 2003, Saari was awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature. • In 2006, he received the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation. • In 2010, he was awarded the Asraf Prize of the Academy of the Hebrew Language for his contribution to the enrichment of Hebrew literature.
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