Amir Or, born in Tel Aviv in 1956, is the author of ten volumes of poetry in Hebrew. His books, translated into more than forty languages, have appeared in anthologies, poetry journals, as well as in thirteen books in Europe and America. Among them are Poem and Day, Plates from the Museum of Time, Miracle.
Or is the recipient of Israeli and international poetry awards, including the Fulbright Award for Writers, the Bernstein Prize and the Oeneumi literary prize of the Tetovo Poetry Festival. He has been awarded several poetry fellowships, among them fellowships from the Iowa University; the Centre of Jewish-Hebrew Studies at the University of Oxford.

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Amir Or, born in Tel Aviv in 1956, is the author of ten volumes of poetry in Hebrew. His books, translated into more than forty languages, have appeared in anthologies, poetry journals, as well as in thirteen books in Europe and America. Among them are Poem and Day, Plates from the Museum of Time, Miracle.
Or is the recipient of Israeli and international poetry awards, including the Fulbright Award for Writers, the Bernstein Prize and the Oeneumi literary prize of the Tetovo Poetry Festival. He has been awarded several poetry fellowships, among them fellowships from the Iowa University; the Centre of Jewish-Hebrew Studies at the University of Oxford.

Or has translated into Hebrew eight prose and poetry books, including The Gospel Of Thomas and Stories from the Mahabharata.
He has studied Philosophy and Comparative Religion at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he later lectured on Ancient Greek Religion. He has taught poetry and creative writing at many universities in Israel, Europe, the U.S. and Japan. Or has published numerous essays on poetry , classic studies and comparative religion. In 1990 Or founded Helicon Poetry Society and later served as Helicon’s Chief Editor and Artistic Director. He initiated and developed its various projects, including Helicon’s poetry journal and its series of poetry books, the Sha’ar International Poetry Festival.
Or servers as editor of the Catuy poetry books series, as national editor of the international poetry magazines Atlas and Blesok, and as a national coordinator for the U.N. sponsored UPC venture “Poets for Peace”. He is a founding member of the EACWP (European Association of Creative Writing Programs) of the international Circle of Poets and of the WPM (World Poetry Movement).

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