Rokhl Fishman

Rukhl Fishman, (10 June 1935 – 26 August 1984) was an Israeli poet who wrote in Yiddish. In 1978, she received the Itzik Manger Prize.

Early life Rukhl Fishman was born on 10 June, 1935 in Philadelphia, to Jewish activists Sonia and Aaron Fishman. Her brother was the sociolinguist Joshua Fishman. In the years 1941–1949, she went with her brother to a secular Jewish camp in Boiberik, Within the organization's structures, she met her future husband, mathematician and musician .

Career Fishman started writing poems at a young age, under the supervision of Malka Heifetz Tussman; the mentor's influence can be seen in Fishman's passion for wordplay and the rare use of rhyme.

Poetry collections

Zun iber alts (Sun Over Everything), 1960 Derner nokhn regn (Thistles After Rain), 1966 Shamayim B'eysev/Himl tsvishn grozn (Heaven in the Grass), 1968 Vilde tsig/Iza pziza (Wild She-Goat), 1976