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Tal Nitzán (in Hebrew: טל ניצן) is an Israeli poet, writer, translator and editor - not to be confused with Israeli socio-cultural anthropologist Tal Nitsan.
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Biography
Nitzán was born in Jaffa and has lived in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, and New York City. She now resides in Tel Aviv. She holds a BA in art history and Latin American studies and an MA in literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Literary work
Nitzán has published six poetry books, one novel and four children's books, and has edited three poetry anthologies: two are selections of Latin-American poetry and one, 'With an Iron Pen', is a collection of Hebrew protest poetry. Her poems have been translated to more than 20 languages, and various selections of her work have been published in English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Lithuanian and Macedonian.
Nitzán has translated to Hebrew dozens of works in prose, poetry, and drama, from Spanish and English. She was also editor in chief of "Latino", a series of Latin American literature in translation, of "Mekomi" ("Local" in Hebrew), a series for original Hebrew prose, both for major Israeli publishers, and of the independent literary magazine "Orot" ("lights" in Hebrew).
Nitzán has been awarded many Israeli literary prizes (such as The Prime Minister's Prize for writers, the women's writers' prize, awards for beginning poets and for debut poetry book, the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation and more) and has participated in various local and international poetry festivals.