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Margalit Matitiahu
Margalit Matitiahu is an Israeli poet who writes in Hebrew and Ladino.
born 1935Poetry in Hebrew and LadinoResearch on Thessaloniki Jewish cultureDocumentary films on Sephardi Jews
- Occupation
- writer, poet, translator, literary theorist
- Education
- Bar-Ilan University
Margalit Matitiahu was born in 1935 in Tel Aviv
Margalit Matitiahu was born in 1935 in Tel Aviv. Her parents were Sephardi Jews from Thessaloniki, Greece, descended from Jews of León.
She studied Hebrew literature and philosophy at Bar Ilan University.
She began writing in Hebrew and published her first book of poems in 1976. In 1988 she published a Ladino work about the Nazi destruction, and she went on to publish poetry in both languages. She also researched Judeo-Spanish press and poetry from Thessaloniki and worked as a radio presenter.
Between 2004 and 2008 she produced documentary films about Sephardi life with her son Jack Matitiahu, including one on Toledo. She served on the board of the Hebrew Writers Association and as secretary general of the Federation of Writers Associations in Israel.
Margalit Matitiahu's life in 8 milestones
- 1935
Born in Tel Aviv.
- 1976
Published the poetry book Through the Glass Window.
- 1988
Published a Ladino work about the Nazi destruction.
- 1996
Won the Ateneo de Jaén poetry prize in Spain.
- 1997
Lines of her poem were engraved on a memorial in León, Spain.
- 1999
Received the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Writers.
- 2002
A square in León, Spain, was named after her.
- 2003
Won a poetry award from the Orient-Occident Academy in Romania.
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