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Tal Nitzán

Tal Nitzán is an Israeli poet, writer and translator who has published poetry, novels and children's books and translated works from Spanish and English into Hebrew.

born 1961Hebrew poetryTranslating Spanish and English literatureEditing Hebrew protest poetry anthology

Born: 9 November 1961, Jaffa
Occupation: poet, translator, writer
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tal Nitzán was born in 1961 in Jaffa

Tal Nitzán was born in Jaffa on November 9, 1961. She has lived in Bogotá, Buenos Aires and New York City, and now lives in Tel Aviv. Her brother is the writer and journalist Gabi Nitzan.

She earned a BA in art history and Latin American studies and an MA in literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She later taught poetry translation at Tel Aviv University.

Nitzán has published 8 poetry books, novels, a story collection and children's books. She edited 3 poetry anthologies, including a collection of Hebrew protest poetry. Her first novel appeared in 2015 and her second in 2020.

She has translated dozens of works of prose, poetry and drama from Spanish and English. She edited the Latino and Mekomi book series and the magazine Orot. In 2017 she helped found the online literary magazine Ha-Mussach.