Literatureיהודה אטלס

Yehudah Aṭlas

Yehuda Atlas was an Israeli writer, poet, translator and journalist, known for his 1977 children's book And This Child Is Me.

1937 to 2026The book And This Child Is MeResearch on children's literatureWriting on children at risk

Born: 12 February 1937, Ein Iron
Died: 24 September 2026
Occupation: journalist, translator, literary theorist, writer
Education: Tel Aviv University

Yehudah Aṭlas was born in 1937 in Ein Iron

Yehuda Atlas was born in 1937 in the moshav Ein Iron to Esther and Yitzhak, who were farmers. He went to elementary school in Karkur and high school in Hadera. He served in the IDF in the Golani Brigade, later joined Kibbutz Mizra and worked as a youth counselor at agricultural schools.

He studied Middle Eastern studies and philosophy at Tel Aviv University. He edited the youth magazine Bamahane Gadna and was deputy editor of the 7 Days supplement of Yedioth Ahronoth. There he wrote a column on children's books for 8 years.

His 1977 book And This Child Is Me presents short poems from a child's point of view, and several similar books followed. In 1979 a record of songs from the book, composed by Avner Kenner, was released. In 2003 he published a three-volume study of children's literature, and he also gave workshops and lectures on the subject.

In 2015 he published his 33rd book, about violence between children. In 2021 he published Nobody's Children, about children at risk. He was married twice, had 3 children, lived in Tel Aviv and died there in 2026.