Native name ימימה אבידר-טשרנוביץ Name Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz Spouse(s) Yosef Rochel (Avidar) | Occupation Author Citizenship Israeli Role Author | |
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Born October 1909 Vilna, Lithuania Alma mater The University of Berlin, The University of Vienna, the Jugendheim in Berlin Awards 1984 Israel Prize for children's literature1992 Yakir Yerushalaim Award Died March 20, 1998, Jerusalem, Israel Education University of Vienna, Humboldt University of Berlin Similar Nachum Gutman, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Reuven Rubin | ||
Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (Hebrew: ימימה אבידר-טשרנוביץ; October 1909 – March 20, 1998) was an Israeli author whose works became classics of modern Hebrew children’s literature. Born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1909, she arrived in Palestine in 1921, at the age of 12.
A teacher and school principal, she also worked in children's radio with Kol Yerushalayim, with the Nursery School Teachers’ Theater and on the editorial board of Dvar HaPo’elet. Her books for children are foundational in the sippurei havurah (band-of-friends) genre and were among the earliest based on the ordinary lives of children. In addition to her original works, she translated other works into Hebrew.
Among her honors are the Israel Prize for children's literature (1984) and the Yakir Yerushalaim award (1992).