Name Erez Biton | Role Poet | |
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Erez Biton (Hebrew: ארז ביטון; born 1941 in Oran, Algeria) is an Israeli poet of Algerian and Moroccan descent. He is the 2015 recipient of the Israel Prize for Hebrew Literature and Poetry, among other literary awards.
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- Erez biton orot magazine
- Early life and education
- Career
- Poetry
- Drama
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
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Early life and education
Born in North Africa, his family fled Algeria as refugees in 1948, and made Aliyah to Israel. He grew up in Lod. At the age of 10, he lost his vision and his left hand to a stray hand grenade that he found. The following year he went to school at Jerusalem's Institute for the Blind. He earned a B.A. in social work from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an M.A. in psychology at Bar-Ilan University.
Career
Following his studies, Biton worked as a social worker in Ashkelon for seven years and as a psychologist in an outlying town. He worked as a journalist and published a weekly column in the Israeli mainstream daily Maariv. His first book, Mincha Marokait (Moroccan Gift), published in 1976, established him as the founding father of Mizrahi poetry in Israel.
Poetry
Drama
Awards
Personal life
Erez Biton is married to Rachel Calahorra Biton and the couple have two children.