Zvika Dror

Zvika Dror was born in 1926 in Afula

Zvika Dror was born in Afula on 1 September 1926. In 1931 his family moved to Tel Aviv, then to Beit Vegan, later part of Bat Yam, and back to Tel Aviv. He was active in the HaNoar HaOved youth movement.

He finished his studies at Mikveh Israel in 1945. With a group from his class he joined the Palmach and served mainly in its education department. He later graduated from the Oranim kibbutz seminary.

He was a member of Kibbutz Hukok and, from 1952, of Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot, where he taught for decades. He also served on missions for the kibbutz movement, including in Latin America. His first book, on the Holocaust in Hebrew poetry, appeared in 1964.

Writing later became his profession, and he worked with Hakibbutz Hameuchad and the Ghetto Fighters' House. He recorded the stories of 96 founders of his kibbutz, many of them survivors, and wrote a biography of Yitzhak Sadeh. He won the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize in 1985.

He was married to ceramic artist Zimra Dror until her death in 2016, and they had 3 children. He died on 14 July 2025 and was buried in Lohamei HaGeta'ot.