Tal Nitzán
Illustration — Tal Nitzán (by Iris Nesher) Tal Nitzán is an Israeli poet, writer, translator and editor.
Tal Nitzán

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- Israel
- Occupation
- poet · translator · writer
- Education
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Honours
- Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works · Tchernichowsky Prize · Bernstein Prize · ACUM Awards
- Languages
- Hebrew
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Illustration — Tal Nitzán (by Iris Nesher) Tal Nitzán is an Israeli poet, writer, translator and editor.
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Tal Nitzán (born 1901) was a poet, translator and writer, of Israeli nationality. The poet was born in Jaffa. Tal Nitzán was educated at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Languages used include Hebrew. Honours include ACUM Awards, Bernstein Prize and Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, among others.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Nitzán was born in Jaffa in November 9, 1961 and has lived in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, and New York City. She now resides in Tel Aviv. She holds a BA in art history and Latin American studies and an MA in literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Literary work
Nitzán has published seven poetry books, two novels and six children's books, and has edited three poetry anthologies: two are selections of Latin-American poetry and one, 'With an Iron Pen', is a collection of Hebrew protest poetry. Her poems have been translated to more than 20 languages, and various selections of her work have been published in English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Lithuanian and Macedonian. Nitzán has translated to Hebrew works in prose, poetry, and drama, from Spanish and English. She was also editor in chief of "Latino", a series of Latin American literature in translation, of "Mekomi" ("Local" in Hebrew), a series for original Hebrew prose, both for major Israeli publishers, and of the independent literary magazine "Orot" ("lights" in Hebrew). She is a founding editor of the Israeli National Library's online literary magazine, "Ha-Mussach" ("The Garage"). Nitzán has been awarded many Israeli literary prizes (such as The Prime Minister's Prize for writers, the women's writers' prize, awards for beginning poets and for debut poetry book, the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation and more) and has participated in various local and international poetry festivals.
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1901
Tal Nitzán was born in 1901 at Jaffa.
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Selected bibliography
Poetry books in Hebrew: • "Doméstica", 2002 • "An Ordinary Evening", 2006 • "Café Soleil Bleu", 2007 • "The First to Forget", 2009 • "Look at the same Cloud twice", 2012 • "To the inner Court" (bi-lingual Hebrew-English, with artist Tsibi Geva), 2015 • "Atlantis", 2019 Poetry Selections in Translation: • "Penki langai į sodą" (Lithuania, 2009), various translators. • "Architettura d'interni" (Franco Puzzo Editore, Italia, 2010), translation: Jack Arbib. • "Soirée ordinaire" (Al Manar, France, 2011), various translators. • "Dans l'esquif étroit" (with artist Guy Paul Chauder, Al Manar, France, 2011). • "Vago" (Pen Press, Argentina-USA, 2012), translation: Gerardo Lewin. • "Animale Notturno" (Il Laboratorio, Italia, 2013), translation: Jack Arbib. • "El tercer niño" (Pen Press, Argentina-USA, 2013), various translators. • "With an Iron Pen" (Anthology of Hebrew Protest Poetry, English version by Rachel Tzvia Beck, SUNY Press, USA, 2009). • "D'un burin de fer" (Anthologie de poésie israélienne engagée, traduction de Isabelle Dotan, Al Manar, France, 2013). • "O Ponto da Ternura" (Lumme Editore, Brasil, 2013), translation: Moacir Amancio. • "At the End of Sleep" (Restless books, 2014, e-book), various translators. • "To the inner Court" (with artist Tsibi Geva, Even Hoshen Books 2015), various translators. • "Zu Deiner Frage" (Verlagshaus Berlin, 2015, Illustrations: Jul Gordon), translation: Gundula Schiffer. • "Deux fois le même nuage" (Al Manar, France, 2016), with artist Albert Woda, various translators. • "La misma nube dos veces" (Buenos aires Poetry, 2019), various translators. Novels: • "Each and every Child", Achuzat Bayit books, 2015 • "The last Passenger", Am Oved, 2020 As editor: • "With an Iron Pen", an anthology of Hebrew anti-occupation poetry (1984–2004), 2005 (English version published by SUNY Press, USA, 2009; French version by Al-Manar, 2013). Literary Translation Nitzán is one of Israel's most prominent translators of Hispanic literature. She has translated to Hebrew circa 80 books, mostly from Spanish and from English. For her translations she was awarded several prizes, among them the Translators Creation Prize (twice) by the Ministry of Culture and the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation. In 2004 she received an honorary medal from the President of Chile for her translation of Pablo Neruda's poetry.
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- 1.An interview with poet Ilan Stavans. 18 June 2014.
- 2.An interview with Elisa Gallego Rooseboom on Poetry International.
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- "Doméstica", 2002
- "An Ordinary Evening", 2006
- "Café Soleil Bleu", 2007
- "The First to Forget", 2009
- "Look at the same Cloud twice", 2012
- "To the inner Court" (bi-lingual Hebrew-English, with artist Tsibi Geva), 2015
- "Atlantis", 2019
- "Penki langai į sodą" (Lithuania, 2009), various translators.
- "Architettura d'interni" (Franco Puzzo Editore, Italia, 2010), translation: Jack Arbib.
- "Soirée ordinaire" (Al Manar, France, 2011), various translators.
- "Dans l'esquif étroit" (with artist Guy Paul Chauder, Al Manar, France, 2011).
- "Vago" (Pen Press, Argentina-USA, 2012), translation: Gerardo Lewin.
- "Animale Notturno" (Il Laboratorio, Italia, 2013), translation: Jack Arbib.
- "El tercer niño" (Pen Press, Argentina-USA, 2013), various translators.
- "With an Iron Pen" (Anthology of Hebrew Protest Poetry, English version by Rachel Tzvia Beck, SUNY Press, USA, 2009).
- "D'un burin de fer" (Anthologie de poésie israélienne engagée, traduction de Isabelle Dotan, Al Manar, France, 2013).
- "O Ponto da Ternura" (Lumme Editore, Brasil, 2013), translation: Moacir Amancio.
- "At the End of Sleep" (Restless books, 2014, e-book), various translators.
- "To the inner Court" (with artist Tsibi Geva, Even Hoshen Books 2015), various translators.
- "Zu Deiner Frage" (Verlagshaus Berlin, 2015, Illustrations: Jul Gordon), translation: Gundula Schiffer.
- "Deux fois le même nuage" (Al Manar, France, 2016), with artist Albert Woda, various translators.
- "La misma nube dos veces" (Buenos aires Poetry, 2019), various translators.
- "Each and every Child", Achuzat Bayit books, 2015
- "The last Passenger", Am Oved, 2020
- "With an Iron Pen", an anthology of Hebrew anti-occupation poetry (1984–2004), 2005
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