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Israeli contemporary Hebrew poet (born 1983)

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Roy Hasan
Born (1983-04-09) 9 April 1983 (age 41)
Hadera, Israel
OccupationPoet, writer
GenrePoetry

Roy Hasan (Hebrew: רועי חסן) (born 9 April 1983, in Hadera, Israel) is an Israeli contemporary Hebrew poet. He is a principal member of the Ars poetica literary movement. In 2015 Hasan was awarded the 2015 Bernstein Prize.

Hasan grew up in a Mizrahi family in a lower-class neighborhood in a lower-class town, and worked as a cook during his mandatory military service. He continue to work as a low-paid cook after returning to civilian life. His poetry is regarded as part of a Mizrachi rebellion against the Ashkenazi and elitist Israeli left-wing political and literary establishment.

Selected works

  • The dogs that barked in our childhood were muzzled, Haklavim shenavhu beyaldutenu hayu hasumei pe (Hebrew: הכלבים שנבחו בילדותנו היו חסומי פה) (Poetry), Tangier (טנג'יר), 2014)
  • No Other Memory (Hebrew: אין זיכרון אחר) (Prose), Home Mansion (Publishing), 2018
  • Gold Lions (Hebrew: זהב אריות) (Songs), Tangier Publishing, 2017

References

  1. ^ Berkovich, Ilan (23 September 2015). "Roy Hasan Is the Hebrew Poet of Our Generation". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. ^ Benaim, Rachel (December 2015). "The Mizrahim Are Finding Their Voice". The Tower Magazine. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. ^ Margolin, Madison (3 September 2015). "The Mizrahi Thorn in the Side of Israeli Left Read". The Forward. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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