Karen Alkalay-Gut is a poet, professor, and editor who lives in Israel and writes in English.
10 Facts About Karen Alkalay-Gut
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Karen Alkalay-Gut moved with her parents and brother Joseph Rosenstein to Rochester, New York in 1948.
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Karen Alkalay-Gut taught at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev from 1972 to 1976.
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In 1977, Karen Alkalay-Gut began working at Tel Aviv University, where she continued to teach.
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Karen Alkalay-Gut's poetry has appeared in Hebrew, French, Arabic, Yiddish, Rumanian, Polish, Russian, German, Turkish, Persian and Italian.
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Karen Alkalay-Gut has participated in numerous anthologies, encyclopedias and edited volumes.
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Karen Alkalay-Gut has translated poetry and drama from Hebrew and other languages, including Yehuda Amichai, Raquel Chalfi, and Hanoch Levin.
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In 1980 Karen Alkalay-Gut helped found the Israel Association of Writers in English, and functioned as chair from 1995 to 2015.
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Karen Alkalay-Gut served as vice-chair of the Federation of Writers' Unions, and as an editor of the Jerusalem Review.
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Karen Alkalay-Gut was awarded the Rubinlicht Prize for her contribution to Yiddish Literature.