One of Israel’s greatest poets, recipient of the 1999 Israel Prize for literature and poetry, the Bialik Prize for literature, and the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literature. Wieseltier has coined a new language of poetry using spoken usage and slang that has influenced many poets in Israel. He writes for various literary journals, nurtures young artists, and has a long list of published articles focusing on topical events in Israeli newspapers, as well as translations of world poetry.
Academic positions
Professor, Department of Hebrew & Comparative Literature, University of Haifa
Selected books
2012: “Something Optimistic, The Making of a Poem”
2010: “Forty”
2009: “Merudim Vesonatot” (Merudim and Sonnets)
2000: “Shirim Iti'im” (Slow Poems)
1995: “Makhsan” (Storehouse)
1986: “Michtavim Veshirim Aherim” (Letters and other poems)
1985: “Ee Yevani” (Greek Island)
1984: “Kitzur Shnot Hashishim’ (The Concise Sixties)
1981: “Motzah El Ha-Yam” (Exit into the Sea)
1977: “Pnim Vahutz” (Interior and Exterior)
Awards
2010: Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literature
1999: Israel Prize for literature and poetry
1995: Bialik Prize
