Roy Hasan

Roy Hasan (Hebrew: רועי חסן) (born 9 April 1983, in Hadera, Israel) is a leading contemporary Hebrew poet. An Israeli, he is a leading light of the Ars poetica literary movement.

Hasan grew up in a Mizrahi family in a lower-class neighborhood in a lower-class town, and worked as a cook during his mandatory military service; cooking is not regarded as a prestige track for young soldiers in Israel. He continue to work as a low-paid cook after returning to civilian life. His poetry is regarded as part of a Mizrachi rebellion against the Ashkenazi and elitist Israeli left-wing political and literary establishment.

Hasan was awarded the 2015 Bernstein Prize.