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Tuvya Ruebner
Tuvya Ruebner was awarded the Israel Prize for Poetry in February 2008. This prize is awarded for a life-time contribution to a particular field and is the highest accolade the state of Israel can bestow.
The jury awarding the Israel Prize wrote: ‘Tuvya Ruebner has been one of the foremost Hebrew poets for five decades now....Ruebner