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Nathan Alterman
Nathan Alterman (, August 14, 1910 – March 28, 1970) was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. Though never holding any elected office, Alterman was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the State of Israel.
Biography.
Nathan Alterman was born in Warsaw, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire). He moved to Tel Aviv with his family in 1925, when he was 15 years old, and continued his studies
also for his translations of the poetry of Else Lasker-Schüler and Allen Ginsberg.
Zach's essay, “Thoughts on Alterman’s Poetry,” which was published in the magazine "Achshav" ("Now") in 1959 was an important manifesto for the rebellion of the "Likrat" ("towards") group against the lyrical pathos of the Zionist poets, as it included an unusual attack on Nathan Alterman, who was one of the most important and esteemed poets in the country. In the essay Zach