  yehuda amichai (; 3 may 1924 â 22 september 2000) was an israeli poet. amichai is considered by many, both in israel and internationally, as israel's greatest modern poet.yehuda amichai criticism. enotes.com (2 may 1924). he was also one of the first to write in colloquial hebrew.books and writers: yehuda amichai. google.com.  he was awarded the 1957 shlonsky prize, the 1969 brenner prize, 1976 bialik prize, and 1982 israel prize. he also won international poetry prizes: 1994 â malraux prize: international book fair (france), 1995 â macedonia`s golden wreath award: international poetry festival, and more. == biography== yehuda amichai was born in wÃ¼rzburg, germany, to an orthodox jewish family, and was raised speaking both hebrew and german.love, war and history: israel's yehuda amichai, all things considered, 22 april 2007 amichai immigrated with his family at the age of 11 to petah tikva in mandate palestine in 1935, moving to jerusalem in 1936.gallery of people, biographies, yehuda amichai. jewishagency.org (28 july 2008). he attended ma'aleh, a religious high school in jerusalem. he was a member of the palmach, the strike force of the haganah, the defense force of the jewish community in mandate palestine. as a young man he volunteered and fought in world war ii as a member of the british army, and in the negev on the southern front in the israeli war of independence. after discharge from the british army in 1946, amichai was a student at david yellin teachers college in jerusalem, and became a teacher in haifa. after the war of independence, amichai studied bible and hebrew literature at the hebrew university of jerusalem. encouraged by one of his professors at hebrew uni
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