Natan Alterman was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator who \u2013 though never holding any elected office \u2013 was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the State of Israel<\/p>\n
He was born in Warsaw. In 1925 he moved to Tel Aviv where he attended the Herzliya Gymnasia (high school). He studied agronomy in France and upon his return to Palestine he devoted himself to his career as a writer.
\nAlthough Alterman is primarily known as a lyricist, his literary talents extended to other genres as well: he wrote theater plays, short sketches, childrens’ books, newspaper columns and translated Shakespeare, Moliere and Racine into Hebrew. For his translations he received many prizes, and in 1968 he was awarded the Israel Prize for his contribution to Israeli literature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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