Amir Segal

Amir Akiva Segal (Hebrew: עמיר עקיבא סגל‎; born in 1980 in Tzippori) is a poet,[1][2] literary critic, employment consultant and the CEO of Ovdim.

Amir Akiva Segal

Biography

Segal holds a BA in psychology and philosophy from the Hebrew University, and a master's degree in organizational development from the College of Management.

Amir Segal is married to Anya Zhuravel Segal,[3][4] and lives in Jerusalem.

Literary activity

His poems have been published in several journals, "Iton 77", "Maayan", "Mita'am"[5][6] Shvo[7] and others

Produced and presented the radio program "Shirat Mecha'a" at "All for Peace"[8] radio station, dealing with Israeli protest songs and poetry.

Served as editor and host of series of evenings "Song of Pain" that dealt with protest songs at Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem.[9]

Since 2010, serves as a literature critic at Israel Broadcasting Authority.

Since 2013 publishes a weekly poetry review column in the weekly Kav LaMoshav.[10] Segal was named "the most important poetry critic in Israel today" by Ilan Berkovich.[11]

Political activity

During his undergraduate studies Amir Segal chaired the Israeli Labor Party students organization at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Segal served as a member of the Board of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.

Segal was deputy chairman of the junior faculty staff union at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba.

Books

"On My Return From the Reserves", Gvanim,[12] 2008, poetry[13]

"West of Here", on the site of Beit Avi Chai,[14] 2013, serialized novel[15]

The Other Land, Iton 77[16] Publishers, 2014, poetry[17][18]

Awards

Awarded the Rafi Farbman Young Poets Award in 2011.[19]

Recipient of the Harry Hershon literature award from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2014.[20]

Recipient of the Rachel Negev Poetry award from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2020.

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References
  1. "Beit-Ariela archive (Hebrew)". Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. "TimeOut Israel LIT UP: Author Profiles".
  3. "www.timesofisrael.com/writers/anya-zhuravel-segal/".
  4. "blogs.timesofisrael.com/end-of-an-epoch/".
  5. "few poem from Mita'am". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014..
  6. "Mitaam 23"..
  7. "דברים שבשירה – שריטה על דלת לבי"..
  8. "www.allforpeace.org/he/#c2". Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. "a publication of song of pain event". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014..
  10. "www.tmoshavim.org.il/index.aspx?id=4327".
  11. "a review by Ilan Berkovich"..
  12. "www.gvanim-books.com/".
  13. "a review on the book from News1 site".
  14. "www.bac.org.il/page/who-we-are".
  15. "West of here list of all chapters". Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  16. "www.iton77.com/".
  17. "a review on the book from Israel post news site".
  18. "a review on the book from Ha'aretz news site by Ilan Berkovich".
  19. "from Beit-Hsofer in Modi'in".
  20. "the judges at Harry Hershon contest".
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