About Roy Hasan
Born 1983. Roy Hasan is an Israeli poet and activist.
Roy Hasan (; born 9 April 1983, in Hadera, Israel) is an Israeli contemporary Hebrew poet. He is a principal member of the Ars poetica literary movement. In 2015 Hasan was awarded the 2015 Bernstein Prize.
Hasan grew up in a Mizrahi family in a lower-class neighborhood in a lower-class town, and worked as a cook during his mandatory military service. He continue to work as a low-paid cook after returning to civilian life. His poetry is regarded as part of a Mizrachi rebellion against the Ashkenazi and elitist Israeli left-wing political and literary establishment.
Selected works The dogs that barked in our childhood were muzzled, Haklavim shenavhu beyaldutenu hayu hasumei pe (Poetry), Tangier (טנג'יר), 2014) No Other Memory (Hebrew: אין זיכרון אחר) (Prose), Home Mansion (Publishing), 2018 Gold Lions (Hebrew: זהב אריות) (Songs), Tangier Publishing, 2017
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Who is Roy Hasan?
Israeli poet
When was Roy Hasan born?
Roy Hasan was born on 9 April 1983 in Hadera.
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Roy Hasan is a poet and activist.
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Roy Hasan is Israeli.
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