Ronny Someck


Ronny Someck is an Israeli poet and author, whose works have been translated into many languages.

Biography

Someck was born in Baghdad and came to Israel as a young child. He studied Hebrew literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and drawing at the Avni Academy of Art. He has worked with street gangs, and currently teaches literature and leads creative writing workshops.
He is in the 120th place on the Blue and White list for the 2020 Israeli legislative election.

Literary career

Someck has published 13 volumes of poetry and authored 2 children's book together with his daughter Shirly, that have been translated into 43 languages.
Selections of his poems have appeared in Arabic translation, French, Catalan, Albanian, Italian, Macedonian, Croatian, Yiddish, Nepali, Dutch, Danish, Spanish, Portuguese and English.
He is the recipient of the Prime Minister's Award, Yehuda Amichai Award for Hebrew poetry, The "Wine poem award" in Struga Poetry Evenings, Macedonia, 2005 and Hans Berghhuis prize for poetry 2006 at the Maastricht International Poetry Nights, the Netherlands.
He has recorded three discs with the musician Elliott Sharp: Revenge of the Stuttering Child, Poverty Line, and A Short History of Vodka.
In 1998 he mounted an exhibition “Nature’s Factory, winter 2046” with Beny Efrat at the Israel Museum.
He is a member of the Public Council of the Batsheva Dance Company and the Hebrew-Arabic Theatre.
In 2012 he was awarded the Cross of The Order of The Knights for a Distinguished Service of Poland.
In 2013 he was awarded the knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France.
In 2016 he was awarded the exemplary man of the "Lions International".
In 2017 he received a college prestige of the Arab Academic College for Education in Israel in Haifa.

Published works

For children:
In Albanian
In Arabic:
In Catalan:
In Croatian
In English:
• "The milk underground"
In French:
In Italian
In Macedonian
In Nepali
In Yiddish
In Dutch
in Danish
In Portuguese
In German
In Spanish
In Russian
In Turkish
Translations of his poems have appeared in anthologies and poetry journals in 41 languages.

Books about Ronny Someck

Artworks by Ronny Someck or based on his work: