Ronen Altman Kaydar

Ronen Altman Kaydar was born in 1972 in Tel Aviv

Altman Kaydar was born in Tel Aviv on October 1, 1972. Both of his parents were working scientists. He added the surname Kaydar after he married in 2003.

In 1993 he finished a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics in the Tel Aviv University excellence program, as part of the academic reserve. After leaving the IDF, he earned a master's degree at the university's Cohen Institute for the history and philosophy of science and ideas. His thesis applied models of the spread of science to Israeli genetics.

He graduated from the Helicon poetry program in 1997, where his poems first appeared. His novel Chaos Butterflies came out in 2000, and his first poetry book, Bite Marks, in 2007. His poems were translated into English and Russian, and two were set to music by composer Avner Dorman.

In 2009 he translated 7 poems by Mascha Kaleko, the first Hebrew translations of her work. From 2009 to 2012 he co-edited the online literary journal Zuta, and he translated the graphic novel Farm 54 into English. In 2022 he published a bilingual Hebrew and German book on young Jews who shaped the history of Berlin.

He lives with his family in Berlin, where he works as an independent tour guide.