Hedva Harechavi

Who is Hedva Harechavi?

Hedva Harekhavi, Israeli poet and artist, was born in 1941 in Degania Bet, one of the oldest kibbutzim in Israel. A graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art, she has lived in Jerusalem most of her life and has so far published four volumes of poetry. Her most famous poem is Ani rotsa rak lehagid lakh - "I just want to tell you," where both the "want" and the "you" are in the feminine case.

Prizes

Hedva won the Rachel Newman Prize in 1973

She won the Levi Eshkol Prize in 1982 and 1992.

Won the Yehuda Amihai Prize in 2010.

The Ramat Gan Prize in 2011.