Ronny Someck

Ronny Someck (b. 1951) is an Israeli poet and author, whose works have been translated into many languages.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Literary career 3 Published works 4 Prizes 5 Art 6 Music 7 References 8 External links

Biography

Someck was born in Baghdad and came to Israel as a young child. He studied Hebrew literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and drawing at the Avni Academy of Art. He has worked with street gangs, and currently teaches literature and leads creative writing workshops.^[1]

Literary career

Someck has published 10 volumes of poetry (The last called Algeria). He authored a children's book together with his daughter Shirly ( The Laughter Button), that has been translated into 39 languages. Selections of his poems have appeared in Arabic translation, French (with the exile Iraqi poet- A.K. El-Janabi), Catalan, Albanian, Italian, Macedonian, Croatian, Yiddish, Nepali, Dutch, Danish and English.

He is the recipient of the Prime Minister's Award, Yehuda Amichai Award for Hebrew poetry, The "Wine poem award" in Struga Poetry Evenings, Macedonia, 2005 and Hans Berghhuis prize for poetry 2006 at the Maastricht International Poetry Nights, the Netherlands.^[2]

He has recorded three discs with the musician Elliott Sharp: Revenge of the Stuttering Child, Poverty Line, and A Short History of Vodka.

In 1998 he mounted an exhibition “Nature’s Factory, winter 2046” with Beny Efrat at the Israel Museum. In 2004 he mounted "Hawadja Bialik" and in 2007 mounted "Real Madrid" - two exhibitions in the Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan. He is a member of the Public Council of the Batsheva Dance Company and the Hebrew-Arabic Theatre.

Published works

• Algeria (2009)
• The Milk Underground (2005)
• The Revolution Drummer (2001)
• Rice Paradise (1996)
• Bloody Mary (1994)
• Panther (1989)
• Seven Lines on the Wonder of the Yarkon (1987)
• Asphalt (1984)
• Solo (1980)
• Exile (1976)

For children:

• The Laughter Button with Shirly Someck (1998)

In Albanian

• The Sign of the Bite (2001, Tirane)
• Prekla e te Qeshurit (2006, Tirane)

In Arabic:

• Jasmine (1994, Israel)
• And the poem is a gangster’s girl (1996, Paris)
• "Lion's Milk" (2010 Cairo)

In Catalan:

• En paper de vidre (2000, Barcelona)
• Amor Pirata (2006, Barcelona)

In Croatian

• Poems (Special edition on the occasion of Literature Live Festival. 2008, Zagreb)

In English:

• The Fire Stays in Red (2002, USA)

In French:

• Nes a Bagdad with A.K. El Janabi (1998, Paris)
• Constat de Beaute (Edition PHI, 2008, Luxembourg)

In Italian

• Il Rosso Catalogo della Parola Tramonto with Fausta Squatriti (NOLA)
• Il Bambino Balbuziente (Mesogea, Sicily 2008) 2002)

In Macedonian

• weat (2005, Skopje)
• Asphalt Dragons (2011,Skopje)

In Nepali

• Baghdad, February 1991 Translated into Nepali by Yuyutsu RD Sharma, (Nirala Publications, 2010, New Delhi in collaboration with White Lotus Book Shop, Kathmandu)

In Yiddish

• I am a pajama Iraqi (H.Levick Publishing House, Tel Aviv)

In Dutch

• "Blues van de derde zoen"(Azul Press.Maasticht 2010)

in Danish

• " Solens fine pensel" (Forlagrt Goldberg & Mor. Copenhagen 2010)

Translations of his poems have appeared in anthologies and poetry journals in 39 languages.

Prizes

• ACUM (Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel) special Jubilee Prize for a special achievement, 1987.
• Prime Minister’s Prize, 1989,2000.
• Afrat Prize,1999.
• Ahi Prize (The Association for the Promotion of Research , Literature and Art, founded in Israel by Jews from Iraq), 1999
• Yehuda Amichai prize for Hebrew poetry (2005)
• "wine poem award" Struga Poetry Evenings, Macedonia, 2005
• Hans Berghhuis prize for poetry 2006.the Maastricht International Poetry Nights.Holand
• Ramat-Gan prize for poetry 2010

Art

Artworks by Ronny Someck or based on his work:

• “The wall of bliss”, The Artist Museum, Lodz, 1933.
• “Jasmine”. Um-El-Fahem Gallery, 1996.
• “A poem of bliss”, Artists-Messengers of peace, Eretz-Israel Museum, 1996.
• “Rosalia”- “Mini-Arutr”, Gubbio, Italy, 1997.
• “The Razor that cut the Metaphoric Face of Poetry”- Five etchings by Yigal Ozeri ensuing five poems by Ronny Someck, Tel-Aviv Museum, Binet Gallery, Israel, Z Gallery New York, 1997.
• Nature's Factory, with Benni Efrat, THE ISRAEL MUSEUM ,1998.
• " “The Ballad OF alcohol Valley”.Haifa International Installation Triennale. HAIFA MUSEUM OF ART.1999.
• Markers – On Outdoor Banner Event of Artists an Poets for Venice Biennale. 2001, 2003,2005,2007.
• “Il Rosso Catalogo della Parola Tramonto”-Five etchings by Fausta Squatriti ensuing poems by Ronny Someck. Fallani Best Gallery.Firenze. 2002.
• "Hawadja Bialik"-The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan.2004.
• "Impermanenza".Centro Studi Maitreya-Venezia.2004
• "And Next to it ,in a Similar Frame"-15 photographers relating to the poems of Ronny Someck.College of Design –Haifa-Canadian Hadassah Wizo.2005
• "Rehal Madrid"- The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan.2007/

• "Wandering Library 2". Galerie Cargo 21". Paris.2008

• "Acqua" Artist Book- Markers 7, Scala Mata Gallery , the 53 Venice biennale ,2009
• "Napkin": - The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan.2010.

Music

• “Revenge of the Stuttering child” CD With Elliott Sharp, Tzadik Records, New York, 1997
• “Poverty line”, CD with Elliott Sharp. ZuTa Music. Tel-Aviv, 1999
• “A Short History of Vodka”. ZuTa Music-NMC.Tel-Aviv, 2001

References

External links

• Stanley Burnshaw (2003). The Modern Hebrew poem itself. Wayne State University Press. pp. 290–292. ISBN 9780814324851. http://books.google.com/books?id=gDG6K8lPphIC. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
• The Emperor of Emotions, by Yuyutsu RD Sharma, Himalayan Times, 2004-08-05, Kathmandu
• http://israel.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=6347

Persondata
Name	Someck, Ronny
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1951
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death