Raquel Chalfi
Raquel Chalfi (Hebrew: רחל חלפי) is an Israeli poet.
Biography
Chalfi was born in Tel Aviv and lives and works there. Her uncle was the poet and actor Avraham Halfi. She completed her MA in English literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and later studied theater at University of California, Berkeley as well as film at the AFI Conservatory in Hollywood. Chalfi has worked as a journalist and independent film maker and has taught film at Tel Aviv University. She has made documentaries as well as experimental films and has written plays for which she won awards, both in Israel and abroad.
She published her first book of poetry, Underwater and Other Poems, in 1975. Since then, she has published seven more collections of poetry.
Awards
Chalfi is the recipient of several literary awards, including the following:
- The Israeli Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Writers;
- The Ashman Prize in 1999;
- The 2006 Bialik Prize for literature (co-recipient with Ruth Almog and Uri Orlev).[1]
Poetry books published in Hebrew
- Underwater and Other Poems, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1975 [Shirim Tat-Yami`im Ve-Aherim]
- Free Fall, Marcus/Achshav, 1979 [Nefilah Hofshit]
- Chameleon or the Principle of Uncertainty, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1986 [Zikit O Ekron I Ha-Vada`ut]
- Matter, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1990 [Homer]
- Love of the Dragon, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1995 [Ahavat Ha-Drakon]
- Stowaway, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999 [Nosa`at Semuyah]
- Solar Plexus: Poems 1975-1999, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2002 [Miklaat Ha-Shemesh]
- A Picture of a Father and his Daughter, Keshev, 2004 [Tmuna Shel Aba VeYalda]
See also
- Ada Aharoni
- Karen Alkalay-Gut
- Hava Pinchas-Cohen
- Janice Rebibo
- Naomi Shemer
- Yona Wallach
- Zelda (poet)
- List of Bialik Prize recipients
References
External links
- French translations of selected poems
- Poem - Tel Aviv Beach, Winder '74
- Poem - What Is?
- Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature