Aharon Almog (Hebrew: אהרן אלמוג) (September 14, 1931 – May 8, 2021) was an Israeli writer, poet and playwright.[1]
Biography
Aharon Almog was born in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine. His grandfather immigrated from Yemen to Palestine in the 19th century. [a] Almog graduated from the agricultural school in Mikveh Israel. In 1948 he enlisted in Palmach, took part in the Israel's War of Independence, which experience he described in his novels.[1] After discharging from the IDF he was among the one who reestablished the kibbutz Gezer and many his stories and poems are dedicated to this place.[2] During 1956-1957 he studied literature at Tel Aviv University and after that he taught Hebrew literature in high schools. He published his first poem in 1953 and his first book of stories in 1959.[1]
He was married to the writer Ruth Almog from 1959 and they have two daughters, Shira and Eliana.[3]
Books
The complete bibliography (in Hebrew) may be found at a webpage of The New Hebrew Literature Lexicon, Ohio State University[1]
Poetry in Hebrew
Aviv Atzevet B’Yehuda [Sad Spring in Judea], Sifriat Poalim, Merhavia, 1956
Hatzda’a Le-Israel [Praise to Israel], Sifriat Poalim, Merhavia, 1972
^Aharon's original surname was Mevorat, from his grandfather Rabbi Chaim Mevorat (חיים מבורת).[1] His widow said that he did not receive the Israel Prize because he was a Mizrahi and was broken by this.[2]